Developing
- The decision was contingent on Sudan following through on its agreement to pay $335 million to US terror victims and families
- Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomed the announcement
Update
- Confirmation comes ahead of the ahead of the first official visit by a UAE government delegation to Israel
- US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says UAE and Israel now better prepared to tackle Iran threat
- COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Saudi Arabia
- The European Union has deplored Turkey’s drilling for hydrocarbons in disputed waters and warned Ankara against further “provocations,” while multiple countries have staged military drills in the region in recent months
Special
- Khalilzad urges militant group to honor ‘historic opportunity’ and end decades of war
- Both sides call on each other to protect billions of dollars of trade between the neighbors
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The Arabian Shield
The Arabian Shield is the name given to the Precambrian rocks in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula.
UN Resolution 242
It was a resolution of the UN Security Council adopted on Nov. 22, 1967, in an effort to secure a just and lasting peace in the wake of the Six-Day (June) War, fought primarily between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The Israelis supported the resolution because it called on the Arab states to accept Israel’s right “to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force.” Each of the Arab states eventually accepted it (Egypt and Jordan accepted the resolution from the outset) because of its clause calling for Israel to withdraw from “territories occupied in the recent conflict.” The Palestine Liberation Organization rejected it until 1988 because it lacked explicit references to Palestinians. Though never fully implemented, it was the basis of diplomatic efforts to end Arab-Israeli conflicts until the Camp David Accords and remains an important touchstone in any negotiated resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. (Source: Britannica.com)
Social media
- Barca have not won since 2015, but since then have never embarked on a new campaign amid so much disarray
- Podean CEO Mark Power: ‘You can’t just look at Amazon as a pure sales channel, it is much more than that; it’s a vast array of properties, experiences, and content’
- Mark Power: ‘The Middle East is a huge market of 230 million people so Amazon’s taking this very seriously because it’s a very strategic market with real volume and real growth’
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US Election 2020
Analysis
- With the strong push by Democrats to increase voter turnout, Biden could win 4 million more votes than Trump
- Michigan and Ohio are up for grabs and are close – Biden is definitely closer to winning there than in other marginal states
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