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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham

July 12th, 2026 - 07:22 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Cause behind US Senator Lindsey Graham's death unveiled

ALBAWABA - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away at the age of 71 on Saturday, according to a statement by his office. Graham, who is known for being a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, died after a "brief and sudden illness," the statement read. The Office of Lindsey Graham posted on Sunday: "On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief ...

Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March 2, 2020. The Taliban said on March 2 they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 11:07 GMT

US Forces in Afghanistan Resume Military Operations After 11-Day Pause

Kuwaiti health ministry workers scan employees and visitors of the ministries complex, as they arrive to their work, in Kuwait City on March 4, 2020. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 10:31 GMT

Kuwait Imposes Stricter Rules on Foreigners From 10 Countries

Hatice Cengiz, slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, attends a press conference calling for the Trump administration to release details about his killing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 3, 2020. US lawmakers vowed Tuesday to force the release of an intelligence report on the killing of Saudi dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi, accusing President Donald Trump of blocking it to protect the kingdom. SAUL LOEB / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 09:37 GMT

US Senate Tells Trump's White House to Disclose Information on Khashoggi's Murder

A Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020. Iran said Tuesday its coronavirus outbreak, the deadliest outside China, had claimed 15 lives and infected nearly 100 others -- including the country's deputy health minister. The Islamic republic's neighbours have imposed travel restrictions and strict quarantine measures after reporting their first cases in recent days, mostly in people with links to Iran. ATTA KENARE / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 09:27 GMT

Iran Sets Free 54,000 Prisoners to Avoid Spreading The Coronavirus

Migrants wait at the buffer zone in front of the Pazarkule border crossing to Greece, in Edirne on March 3, 2020. Migrants and refugees hoping to enter Greece from Turkey appeared to be fanning out across a broader swathe of the roughly 200-kilometer-long land border on March 3, 2020, maintaining pressure on the frontier after Ankara declared its borders with the European Union open. BULENT KILIC / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 09:21 GMT

EU Leaders Angry at Ankara: Migrants Can Sneak into Europe $15

South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear move to spray disinfectant against the spread of the coronavirus at a railway station in Daegu on February 29, 2020. © YONHAP / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 09:12 GMT

Israel Expects to Quarantine 1,150 School Pupils After Student Diagnosed With The Virus

Iran has nearly 5 its stockpile of enriched uranium (Twitter)

March 4th, 2020 - 07:46 GMT

Iran's Enriched Uranium Stockpile is Five Times Higher Than The Limit

Ursula von der Leyen (Twitter)

March 4th, 2020 - 07:42 GMT

EU Offers $391 Million to Greece to Support its Migration Crisis

Protesters hold placards during a protest against India's new citizenship law in New Delhi on March 4, 2020. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 07:39 GMT

UN Human Rights Chief Contests Controversial Citizen Law in Indian Supreme Court

Migrants and refugees scuffle with riot police on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on March 3, 2020, amid a migration surge from neighbouring Turkey after it opened its borders to thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe. Several aid groups on Greece's Lesbos said they were suspending work with refugees and evacuating staff on March 3 in the wake of violence and threats, as tensions soar on an island in the crosshairs of the migrant crisis. EU chiefs pledged millions of euros of financial assistance t

March 4th, 2020 - 07:34 GMT

Turk Minister Says Greece's Decision to Stop Asylum Applicants Unlawful, Shameful

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House as he returns on March 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. The president was returning from a trip to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland where he visited the vaccine research center there as the global threat from the coronavirus looms large. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 07:29 GMT

Trump Praises Taliban Chief For Afghan Peace Deal

Phone bank volunteers call potential voters from the Colorado campaign office of Democratic presidential candidate Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Fourteen states and American Samoa are holding presidential primary elections, with over 1400 delegates at stake. Americans vote Tuesday in primaries that play a major role in who will challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, a day after key endorsements dramatically boosted Joe Biden's hopes against surging l

March 4th, 2020 - 07:25 GMT

Bernie Sanders Releases Campaign to End Trump's So-Called Muslim Ban