Washington, July 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will approve a civil nuclear energy agreement with Saudi Arabia only if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords and normalises relations with Israel, the White House said Thursday.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at a news conference that the proposed agreement would bar Saudi Arabia from enriching nuclear material and would cover only non-military uses. She said negotiations remained underway.”The civil nuclear deal, there…
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New York, July 23 (IANS) While New York faces several burning issues, Mayor Zohran Mamdani raked up his campaign promise to arrest Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, only to backtrack and admit he could not do that. He issued a vituperative video message with fake bravado calling Netanyahu a “war criminal” but confessing he did not have the authority to carry out the threat that he had used to rile up his base of Muslims and the leftist Democratic Socialists base d…
Sanaa (Yemen), July 23 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group said on Thursday that it had carried out a military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, claiming the vessels had violated the group’s recently announced maritime restrictions. In a statement aired by the group’s Al-Masirah television, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said Houthi forces targeted the tankers, identified as ENCELIA and LAYLA, using “ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones.”Sarea said the vessels …
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The Trump administration is using tariffs as leverage to force trading partners to open their markets, strengthen enforcement and rebuild American manufacturing, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out what he described as a new US trade doctrine built on reciprocal agreements backed by tariff pressure. Tariffs are not simply punitive measures but also negotiating tools designed to secure better market access for businesses and wo…
Beirut, July 22 (IANS) Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said the recent US-Lebanese presidential meeting should be judged by “results on the ground” rather than its optics, noting that a lasting ceasefire and Israeli withdrawals have yet to materialise. “The important thing now is the results on the ground, not merely the way the summit appeared,” Berri told Lebanese Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.He called Israel’s recent withdrawal from the southern town of…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, Massad Boulos, said on Tuesday that the US-backed agreement between Lebanon and Israel had entered the implementation phase, describing it as a historic breakthrough that would unfold gradually under close coordination among the United States, Lebanon and Israel. Washington, July 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, Massad Boulos, said on Tuesd…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun presented a united front at the White House on Tuesday, pledging to advance a US-backed framework aimed at ending decades of hostility between Lebanon and Israel while strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces and reducing the influence of Hezbollah.Calling Lebanon “a very mistreated country for a long period of time,” Trump said the United States intended to play a central role in its recovery.”We’re going to …
Washington, July 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran was seeking talks with the United States even as Washington continued its military pressure campaign, warning that the US would strike any Iranian site linked to rebuilding its nuclear programme.Interacting with reporters at the White House after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Trump dismissed suggestions that Tehran remained unwilling to negotiate.”They want to desperately meet,” Trump said. “Until they’re ready…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Lebanon could eventually become part of the Abraham Accords, signalling his administration’s ambition to expand the US-backed normalisation agreements despite decades of hostility between Lebanon and Israel. Responding to a question about Lebanon’s laws prohibiting contact with Israel, Trump said he intended to raise the issue with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.”I will,” Trump said.”The Abraham Accords have been, I think, a …
Washington, July 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged continued US support for Lebanon, saying Washington would help the country emerge from decades of conflict while backing efforts to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces and implement a new US-brokered framework aimed at ending hostilities with Israel. Hosting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House, Trump described Lebanon as “a very mistreated country for a long period of time” and said his administration was committ…