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August 7th, 2026 - 07:07 GMT

Osama Ali

"I may be the last republican president": Trump warns GOP ahead of midterms"

ALBAWABA - US President Donald Trump has warned he could be “the last Republican president” if Democrats win control of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections, and has expressed fear that Republican voters might stay home since his name will not be on the ballot. Trump told Punchbowl News he believes a key challenge for the Republican Party will be turning out his supporters to vote in the midterm elections ...

French President Emmanuel Macron (C), flanked by French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (C,R) visits the devastated site of the explosion at the port of Beirut, on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. French President Emmanuel Macron visited shell-shocked Beirut on August 6, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that left 300,000 people

August 11th, 2020 - 09:30 GMT

French FM Calls on Lebanon to Accelerate Formation of a New Cabinet

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August 11th, 2020 - 09:25 GMT

UN: 'Zero Chance' to Extend Arms Ban on Iran

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August 11th, 2020 - 09:20 GMT

MBS Under Another Dark Cloud For Going After Ex-Intelligence Chief in Canada

In this file photo taken on April 5, 2020 Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab speaks to the media outside the Beirut international airport. Diab was expected to announce his government's resignation on August 10, 2020 amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

August 11th, 2020 - 09:17 GMT

Resignation of Diab’s Govt is a Defeat For Hezbollah

An Egyptian woman, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, casts her vote at polling station on August 11, 2020 for a new senate in an upper house election. The two-day vote for 200 of the Senate's 300 seats will be largely contested by candidates who back President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has quietened most opposition within and outside the legislature. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

August 11th, 2020 - 09:14 GMT

Egypt Starts a Two-Day Vote For its Senate

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August 11th, 2020 - 09:09 GMT

Has Russia Beaten The World in Registering its First Covid Vaccine?

The scene of the massive explosion near the the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (AFP)

August 11th, 2020 - 08:31 GMT

Israel, Hizbollah and The Balance of Terror

Karina Sukkar, a Lebanese architect and designer, stands the balcony of her damaged apartment overlooking the ravaged port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, in the neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael on August 9, 2020, in the aftermath of a colossal explosion that occurred days prior due to a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years at a port warehouse. The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut's port, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141

August 11th, 2020 - 07:42 GMT

World Leaders Offer Aid to Wrecked Lebanon But Say Reforms Needed For More Money

US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, member of the coronavirus task force Scott Atlas, and US President Donald Trump leave after a briefing at the White House August 10, 2020, in Washington, DC. Secret Service guards shot a person, who was apparently armed, outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just after being briefly evacuated in the middle of a press conference. The president was abruptly ushered out of the p

August 11th, 2020 - 07:34 GMT

Trump Abruptly Escorted by Secret Service After 'Shooting' Outside The White House

Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya holds a press conference the day after Belarus' presidential election in Minsk on August 10, 2020. Sergei GAPON / AFP

August 11th, 2020 - 07:23 GMT

Belarusian Opposition Candidate Refuses to Recognize Lukashenko's Victory But What Can She do?

A man draped in a Lebanese flag reacts as he stands before the ravaged port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 9, 2020, in the aftermath of a colossal explosion that occurred days prior due to a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years at a port warehouse. The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut's port, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official said. The blast Tuesday, which was felt acro

August 11th, 2020 - 07:14 GMT

'Beirut Should Not Be Left Alone...' - Prince Hassan of Jordan

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August 11th, 2020 - 07:04 GMT

Jailed Bahraini Dissidents, Pro-Democracy Activists Launch Open-Ended Hunger Strike