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the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford

February 14th, 2026 - 09:53 GMT

Osama Ali

A Photo, No Words: Trump's aircraft Carrier post sparks speculation

ALBAWABA - On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a picture of an aircraft carrier on his Truth Social platform without any caption or explanation. This led to speculation about when and why he did it. Trump said Washington would send a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East if talks with Iran fail. This post came after that. When reporters asked Trump about the possible deployment of the USS ...

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

Protesters demonstrate against a bill dubbed as "anti-separatism", in Paris on February 14, 2021. French lawmakers a few weeks ago began debating a controversial bill against what the interior minister described as the "disease" of Islamist extremism eating away at the country's unity. President Emmanuel Macron has pushed for the legislation, which would tighten rules on issues ranging from religious-based education to polygamy, since a spate of attacks blamed on extremists late last year. GEOFFROY VAN DER

February 15th, 2021 - 07:01 GMT

Protest Erupts in Paris Against Anti-Muslim Draft Law

A Tunisian man flashes the V for victory sign as youths burn tires and block roads in the southern city of Tataouine, on February 12, 2021, to protest against the government's failure to keep its promise to provide jobs and investments. FATHI NASRI / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 12:59 GMT

Tunisia’s Crisis Deepens The Gap Between Politicians and The Public!

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February 14th, 2021 - 10:50 GMT

Its Party Time: Where Does The Saudi Crown Prince Spend His Holidays?

A Kosovo Albanian man 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 14th, 2021 - 10:42 GMT

Kosovars Busy Voting to Elect a New Government

Afghan men walks past the wreckage of gas tankers after a fire accident at Islam Qala on the outskirts of Herat, in the border between Afghanistan and Iran on February 14, 2021. HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 10:35 GMT

Kabul Asks Tehran Officials to Help in Extinguishing Mass Fire on Afghan-Iran Border

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen aboard Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is spending his weekend at Camp David. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 10:18 GMT

Biden on Trump's Acquittal: 'Substance of the Charge is Not in Dispute'

Cypriot protesters react as police fire water cannon to disperse them during a demonstration against government corruption and coronavirus restrictions, in the capital Nicosia on February 13, 2021. Cypriot police used water cannon and tear gas to break up a rare protest in the capital, as hundreds demonstrated against government corruption and coronavirus restrictions. Christina ASSI / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 10:08 GMT

Two State Solution: Muddying The Waters Over Cyprus is Erdogan's Position

A member of the healthcare staff prepares a dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Lebanon's Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut, on February 14, 2021, as the country kickstarts its inoculation campaign. Lebanon gave its first COVID-19 vaccine dose to a doctor, as it started inoculation it hopes will keep the pandemic in check amid a deepening economic crisis. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 09:57 GMT

UK Scientist Warns COVID Can Return Despite Vaccination

A Yemeni woman sits by the bedside of 10-year-old girl Ahmadia Abdo, who weighs ten kilograms due to acute malnutrition, at a camp for the internally displaced in the northern Hajjah Governorate, on January 23, 2021. About 400,000 children under the age of five are in danger of dying of acute malnutrition in war-torn and impoverished Yemen, UN agencies warned. ESSA AHMED / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 09:33 GMT

Can Biden End The 6-Year-War in Yemen?

Internally Displaced People (IDP), fleeing from violence in the Metekel zone in Western Ethiopia, gather outside a tent where clothes are being distributed 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 14th, 2021 - 09:23 GMT

'Without a Doubt': Rape Did Happen in Tigray - Minister Acknowledges

Attendees applaud as a screen displays images of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont during "Junts per Catalunya" party (Together For Catalonia) closing campaign meeting for the up-coming Catalonia regional elections in Barcelona on February 12, 2021. More than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain, Catalonia goes to the polls on February 14, 2021 for an election that Madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists. LLUIS GENE / AFP

February 14th, 2021 - 09:19 GMT

Despite Covid-19 Spain's Catalonia Goes to The Polls