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Total value of deals between Saudi Arabia, US reaches $557 billion, state TV says

The value of deals between Saudi Arabia and the US has reached $557 billion.

 SAUDI CROWN Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025.
 National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).

Herut Canada charity status revoked amid rising challenges to Jewish NGOs

Swiss federal councillor Guy Parmelin, head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) looks on during South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's state visit in Bern, in the House of Parliament (Bundeshaus), Switzerland, October 29, 2025.

Swiss didn't make a deal with the devil on US tariffs, minister says

 Security personnel detain a Pro-Palestinian protester, on the day of a liberation parade, where they commemorate the victims of war and celebrate freedom, in Wageningen, Netherlands, May 5, 2025

Dutch police arrest pro-Palestine protesters at World War II anniversary event


'A proper slap down': Russian, world leaders respond to Trump, Zelensky’s tense exchange

France's Macron, after Trump-Zelensky clash, says "we must respect those who have been fighting since the beginning"

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington, D.C.

United Airlines to resume Israel flights in March

On October 7, 2023, the company suspended its activity in Israel, renewing it in March 2024 with just seven weekly flights to New York.

 A United Airlines aircraft.

Bomb kills at least one person at luxury Moscow apartment building

The blast is attributed to an alleged assassination attempt of a a pro-Russian paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine.

 Blast at Moscow residential building

Four Dagestan airport pogrom rioters sentenced to 10 years in prison

Russian investigators said that on October 29, 2023, Ilya Ponomarev, Abakar Abakarov, and Israel Akhmednabiyev incited hatred and violence against Israelis

 Rioters at the Dagestan airport

Meet the pro-Russia, anti-Israel populist that wants to remake German politics

Will Wagenknecht succeed in remaking Germany’s political landscape?

 Germany's BSW party holds a party congress in Bonn

NASA entdeckt durch Zufall im grönländischen Eis versteckten Stützpunkt aus dem Kalten Krieg

Camp Century, die „Stadt unter dem Eis“, ist eine bemerkenswerte Stätte des Kalten Krieges.

 Der Militärstützpunkt Camp Century in Grönland.

Trump team eyes preemptive strikes on Islamic Republic's nuclear sites - WSJ

The move would mark a significant change from previously established US policy on diplomacy and sanctions when dealing with Tehran.

 Illustrative image of President-elect Donald Trump.

Queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,' former president says

Rivlin elaborated, saying, “She refused to accept any Israeli official into the Palace, apart from international occasions.”

 Queen Elizabeth II attends the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, United Kingdom, June 16, 2007

Trump, in TIME 'Person of the Year' interview, says he told Netanyahu to end war

Time noted that ranges of people, from his biggest supporters to biggest critics, all were living in the "Age of Trump."

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

What the new Middle East chessboard means for Israel - opinion

The collapse of Assad’s regime marks the start of a new and volatile chapter.

 REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

Trump's Middle East envoy warns of consequences if Gaza hostages not released soon

More than 100 hostages have been freed through negotiations or IDF rescue operations. Of the 101 still held in Gaza, roughly half are believed to be alive.

Posters of Israeli hostages are displayed outside of the Mid-Island Y JCC community center in Plainview, New York, US. 3.12.2024