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Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Arab allies and confounds a Republican senator

Jan. 26, 2025 22:51 PM EST

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries' governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday. Fighting that broke out in...

Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza

Jan. 26, 2025 11:20 AM EST

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip, potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create...

Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump

Jan. 24, 2025 20:38 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023

Jan. 23, 2025 21:43 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war. The move by the Iranian-backed Houthis marks...

Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

Jan. 23, 2025 15:05 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit...

Saudi Arabia presses Florida man to give up US citizenship over critical tweets, family says

Jan. 07, 2025 00:21 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia has forced a Florida retiree to try to renounce his American citizenship after jailing him over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, according to the man’s son. The retiree, 74-year-old Saad Almadi, is one of at least four...