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August 5th, 2026 - 05:43 GMT

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Trump reveals optimistic details about the Strait of Hormuz

ALBAWABA - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Tuesday that they have to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or he will launch a big attack on Tehran, he said in an interview with reporters. Trump said, "The Strait is going to be open very soon — or they're gonna hit very hard, and then the Strait is going to be open." American officials said they are optimistic that a ...

A Palestinian protester hurls rocks at Israeli security forces, during clashes with them following a demonstration against the expansion of settlements, near the village of Beit Dajan east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on February 6, 2021. International law regards all settlements built on occupied Palestinian land, whether public or privately owned, as illegal. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 11:00 GMT

Israeli War Crimes: The ICC Concludes it Has Jurisdiction Over Occupied Palestinian Lands

People gather around an armoured vehicle maneuvering on a city street, following days of mass protests against the military coup, in Yangon on February 14, 2021. SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 10:40 GMT

Myanmar Police Fire on Protesters Outside Power Plant

Albin Kurti leader of the Vetevendosje (Selfdetermination) prepares to cast his vote during Parliamentary elections at a polling station in Pristina on February 14, 2021. Kosovo heads to the polls in a vote pitting a left-wing reformist party against traditional elites who have run the former Serbian province for the past decade. Armend NIMANI / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 09:34 GMT

Socialist Albin Kurti Becomes The Next Leader of Kosovo

Smoke billows during clashes between forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government and Huthi rebel fighters in al-Jadaan area about 50 kilometres northwest of Marib in central Yemen on February 11, 2021. Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis rebels have resumed an offensive to seize strategic oil-rich Marib, the government's last northern stronghold, the loss of which would be disastrous for the beleaguered leadership. AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 09:16 GMT

War Coalition Intercept Three Houthi Drones in South Saudi

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February 15th, 2021 - 08:58 GMT

Will The Abraham Accords Bring People Together?

Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri speaks at a press conference after meeting President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace, last August. (AFP)

February 15th, 2021 - 08:40 GMT

Lebanese Escalation! Hariri 'Openly' Accuses Aoun of Blocking The Cabinet Formation

Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khajah is sworn in as the first Emirati ambassador to Israel. (Twitter)

February 15th, 2021 - 08:11 GMT

The UAE's First Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Al-Khaja Sworn in

An Internally Displaced Person (IDP), fleeing from violence in the Metekel zone in Western Ethiopia, holds a bowl with food at a camp in Chagni, Ethiopia, on January 27, 2021. Inter-ethnic violence in Ethiopia's west -- concentrated in a lowland area known as Metekel -- predates a brutal three-month-old conflict farther north pitting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government against the former ruling party of the Tigray region. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 07:58 GMT

Is Ethiopia Provoking a War in The Region?

Protesters hold up signs supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 15, 2021. Sai Aung Main / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 07:55 GMT

The Myanmar Military Charges Seven Activists For Protesting Against The Coup

A man wearing a face mask holds the Chinese national flag as he looks on while workers offload an Air Zimbabwe aeroplane with a donation of 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine from China on February 15, 2021 at the Robert Mugabe International Airport. Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 07:45 GMT

COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Dropping Worldwide

Civilians carry a young victim at the scene of an explosion in the town of Azaz in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province,on January 31, 2021. A car bomb killed at least four people, including three civilians, in the Turkish-held northern town of Azaz in war-torn Syria today, a war monitor said. Nayef Al-ABOUD / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 07:30 GMT

Syria: Israel Conducts Missile Attacks on Damascus - Reports

In this file photograph taken on September 30, 2014, Liberians wash their hands next to an Ebola information and sanitation station, raising awareness about the virus in Monrovia. Pascal GUYOT / AFP

February 15th, 2021 - 07:18 GMT

Red Alert: Guinea Announces New Ebola Virus Outbreak