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Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Just a week after winning a majority of the vote in several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such...
Brazil hosts a G20 summit overshadowed by wars and Trump's return, aiming for a deal to fight hunger
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil preparing to host the Group of 20 summit, it appears unlikely the leading rich and developing nations will sign on to a meaningful declaration regarding geopolitics: The meeting Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro is overshadowed by two major wars and Donald...
An Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah's spokesman, while a strike in Gaza kills at least 30
BEIRUT (AP) — A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group's chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza ’s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, a hospital director there told The Associated Press. Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi...
The United Nations faces uncertainty as Trump returns to US presidency
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member U.N. was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.” ...
Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13
Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13. All those killed in the strike on the town of Douris near Baalbek were employees...
As airlines avoid Israel, UAE's FlyDubai and Etihad keep up flights for both diplomacy and dollars
BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) — At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, more than a year of war has taken its toll. Global airlines have canceled flights, gates are empty and pictures of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip guide the few arriving passengers to baggage...
Protests erupt in Paris over pro-Israel gala organized by far-right figures
PARIS (AP) — Protests erupted in Paris on Wednesday against a controversial gala organized by far-right figures in support of Israel. The event, intended to raise funds for the Israeli military, included Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich among its invited guests. The...
Head of UN's nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump's return raise worries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Thursday that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller” over Iran's advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the...
Arrests made at pro-Palestinian protest outside Hillary Clinton speech in Belfast
LONDON (AP) — Four men were arrested Thursday during a pro-Palestinian protest outside a speech being given by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Queen’s University in Belfast. Clinton, who holds the largely ceremonial role of chancellor at the school in the...
Gold is suddenly not so glittery after Trump's White House victory
NEW YORK (AP) — After ripping higher for much of this year, the price of gold has suddenly become not so golden since Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. Gold fell more than 4% in the four days since Election Day, when the broad U.S. stock market climbed nearly...
