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$100M bounty on Trump's head: President vows total devastation if assassinated

July 10th, 2026 - 07:11 GMT

Osama Ali

$100M bounty on Trump's head: President vows total devastation if assassinated

ALBAWABA – US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be met with a crushing military reaction if any assassination attempt on him ever succeeded. Trump said he has already given instructions on how Washington should respond to such a scenario. Trump told the New York Post he has long known he is a target for Tehran, adding the United States would retaliate with force “at levels they have never ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on multiple monitors in Paris, as he speaks from the Elysee Palace during a televised address to the nation on April 13, 2020, on the 28th day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. The French president in a prime-time televised address announced the coronavirus lockdown in place since March 17, 2020, will go on until May 11, while also outlining how the country will take steps to recover. Marti

April 14th, 2020 - 11:18 GMT

Live Broadcast of Macron Admitting France's Failures in Coronavirus Battle Attracts 36.7 Million Viewers

An Iranian woman wearing a protective mask poses for a picture in Tehran on April 13, 2020 during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The Islamic republic said on April 14 that the number of lives lost in the country to the novel coronavirus dropped to double figures for the first time in one month. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 98 deaths from the COVID-19 disease were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,683. ATTA KENARE / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 11:16 GMT

Iran's Death Toll From COVID-19 Spikes to 4,683 With 74,877 Infections

Iraqi soldiers stand at a checkpoint in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad on April 13, 2020 as Iraq imposed a curfew during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 11:12 GMT

Violent Clashes Between The Iraqi Army and ISIS Leaves 24 Dead

A man looks at a poster thanking the healthcare personnel, shopkeepers, the French national security, the post office staff members and farmers, in Paris, on April 14, 2020, on the twenty-nineth day of a lockdown in France to stop the spread of the COVID-19, (the novel coronavirus). FRANCK FIFE / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 09:07 GMT

Almost 2 Million Covid-19 Infections Confirmed Worldwide

This picture taken on April 12, 2020 shows a deserted street at Balat district, in Istanbul, during a two-day curfew to prevent the spread of the epidemic COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. Ozan KOSE / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 09:02 GMT

Poorly-Executed Curfew is Shaking Up The Balance of Power in Turkey

Mask-clad guests who were in quarantine depart the Mena Hotel in Riyadh on March 30, 2020. Saudi Arabia has quarantined thousands of people in hotels, some in luxury suites, to combat COVID-19, throwing a temporary lifeline to an industry struggling just months after tourist visas were launched. Faced with nearly 4,500 novel coronavirus infections -- the highest in the Gulf -- the petro-state has halted air travel, locked down cities and imposed nationwide curfews in a crisis that has dealt a blow to the na

April 14th, 2020 - 08:54 GMT

Saudi Hotel Sector Squeezed as The Govt is Quarantining 1000s of Travellers There

A picture taken on April 13, 2020, shows a view of the Great pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seen through the scaffolding on the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is currently under construction, in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 08:49 GMT

How Are Egyptians Dealing With The Coronavirus Crisis?

Air-to-ground missiles (Twitter)

April 14th, 2020 - 08:45 GMT

North Korea Fires Air-to-Ground Missiles From Fighter Jets Into The Sea

Laboratory workers bag a biological sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing centre in al-Khawaneej district of the gulf emirate of Dubai on April 9, 2020. KARIM SAHIB / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 08:43 GMT

UAE Confirms 398 New Coronavirus Cases With Total Infections at 4521

Labour Ministry Jordan (Twitter)

April 14th, 2020 - 07:56 GMT

Covid-19 May Put Jordan's Parliamentary Future in Question

Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz (Twitter)

April 14th, 2020 - 07:49 GMT

Will Netanyahu and Gantz Ever Form a Unity Government?

Guinness world record holder of the world's smallest living woman, Jyoti Amge (L), greets a police officer as she appeals citizens to stay inside their homes during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Nagpure on April 13, 2020. STR / AFP

April 14th, 2020 - 07:45 GMT

Stop The Pandemic: India's Nationwide Lockdown Extended Till May 3