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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 ...

The interiors of Queen Alia International Airport (Shutterstock)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:54 GMT

Jordan Postpones Reopening of Its Airports

A Lebanese army soldier and a man carry away an injured man at a hospital in the aftermath of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:46 GMT

Jordan's King Abdullah Orders Dispatching Military Field Hospital to Beirut

Hezbollah's supporters (Shutterstock)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:40 GMT

Interactive Map Reveals Shocking Span of Hezbollah’s Covert Actions in The World

A view shows the aftermath of yesterday's blast at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. Anwar AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:31 GMT

It’s Only August: Lebanon Already Suffers From The Pandemic, Economic Collapse, Corruption and Now The Huge Explosions

In this picture taken on August 3, 2020, an inmate watches from behind a closed gate after a raid at the prison in Jalalabad. At least 29 people were killed when gunmen attacked a jail in the eastern city of Jalalabad on August 3, shattering the relative calm of the final day of a three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces. NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:28 GMT

ISIS Leaders Among The Hundreds of Inmates Who Escaped From Afghan Prison

Iraqi military (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:22 GMT

Rocket Attack Targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone Foiled

A wounded man receives help outside a hospital following an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:16 GMT

Saudi Arabia Deeply Disturbed About The Two Beirut Port Explosions

Al Jazeera's Kuala Lumpur bureau office (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:06 GMT

Malaysia Police Raids Al Jazeera Bureau After Documentary on Migrant Workers

Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:00 GMT

Tunisian PM-Designate Continue Efforts to Form New Government

Jordan Teachers Union Rallies (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 06:54 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood Accused of Mobilizing Teachers to Protest in Jordan

A man reacts at the scene of an explosion at the port in Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 06:50 GMT

Israel Denies Having Anything to do With The Beirut Port Explosions

A wounded man walks at the port near the scene of an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 06:46 GMT

US Stands Ready to Assist Lebanon, Says Trump