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Update Trump says Iran can phone if it wants to talk as Tehran envoy arrives in Moscow

Trump says Iran can phone if it wants to talk as Tehran envoy arrives in Moscow

  • Donald Trump: ‘If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines’
  • Trump is expected to hold on Monday a situation room meeting on Iran with his top national security and foreign policy team
By AFP ·

Suspect in White House press dinner shooting ‘a pretty sick guy’ who wrote anti-Christian manifesto, Trump says video

Suspect in White House press dinner shooting ‘a pretty sick guy’ who wrote anti-Christian manifesto, Trump says

  • ‘He was a Christian, believer, and then he became an anti-Christian, and he had a lot of change’
  • Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, sent manifesto to family members before the attack
By Reuters ·

Two former Israel PMs unite to challenge Netanyahu in elections video

Two former Israel PMs unite to challenge Netanyahu in elections

  • Former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have founded Beyahad party
  • Opinion polls suggest Bennett is the candidate best placed to defeat Netanyahu in the October vote
By AFP ·

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Update Ancient Darb Zubaydah lives on as modern gateway for Iraq’s Hajj pilgrims

Ancient Darb Zubaydah lives on as modern gateway for Iraq’s Hajj pilgrims

  • Historic Abbasid-era route now linked to state-of-the-art Jadidat Arar crossing
  • Centuries-old engineering legacy underpins today’s organized pilgrimage flow
By Arab News ·

Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan’s war

Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan’s war

  • According to the ICRC, there are at least 11,000 missing persons in Sudan
  • The conflict, now in its fourth year, between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has no confirmed toll, though it has killed at least tens of thousands, and aid workers give estimates of more than 200,000
By AFP ·

Suspect in shooting at Trump press dinner to appear in court

Suspect in shooting at Trump press dinner to appear in court

  • Cole Tomas Allen apparently aimed to kill Donald Trump and senior officials at the press dinner in a Washington hotel
  • US Attorney General Todd Blanche: ‘I expect that he will be formally charged (tomorrow morning) in federal court in Washington’
By AFP ·

At Beijing auto show, Chinese carmakers flaunt new technologies as global competition heats up photos

At Beijing auto show, Chinese carmakers flaunt new technologies as global competition heats up

  • More than 1,450 vehicles are on display at this year’s show, including 181 global debuts. The show runs until May 3
By AP ·

Is Israel silencing witnesses? Rising journalist deaths raise accountability concerns

Is Israel silencing witnesses? Rising journalist deaths raise accountability concerns

  • Death of Amal Khalil brings the number of Lebanese journalists killed this year to nine
  • In Gaza, at least 294 journalists have been killed since October 2023
By Kanzah Maktoum ·

Is Israel silencing witnesses? Rising journalist deaths raise accountability concerns

Is Israel silencing witnesses? Rising journalist deaths raise accountability concerns

  • Death of Amal Khalil brings the number of Lebanese journalists killed this year to nine
  • In Gaza, at least 294 journalists have been killed since October 2023
By Kanzah Maktoum ·