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August 2nd, 2026 - 07:17 GMT

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Trump to hold off strikes on Iran in anticipation of a deal being made

ALBAWABA - U.S. President Donald Trump announced via a post on Truth Social on Sunday morning that, after requests from Iran and countries in the Middle East, he has canceled upcoming strikes on Iran, including one ‘big’ devastating attack he threatened earlier on social media. The parties were asking Trump to hold off on the attacks as a "perimeter" of a deal has been agreed upon, they said. This deal ...

In this picture taken on August 3, 2020, an inmate watches from behind a closed gate after a raid at the prison in Jalalabad. At least 29 people were killed when gunmen attacked a jail in the eastern city of Jalalabad on August 3, shattering the relative calm of the final day of a three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces. NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:28 GMT

ISIS Leaders Among The Hundreds of Inmates Who Escaped From Afghan Prison

Iraqi military (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:22 GMT

Rocket Attack Targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone Foiled

A wounded man receives help outside a hospital following an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 07:16 GMT

Saudi Arabia Deeply Disturbed About The Two Beirut Port Explosions

Al Jazeera's Kuala Lumpur bureau office (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:06 GMT

Malaysia Police Raids Al Jazeera Bureau After Documentary on Migrant Workers

Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 07:00 GMT

Tunisian PM-Designate Continue Efforts to Form New Government

Jordan Teachers Union Rallies (Twitter)

August 5th, 2020 - 06:54 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood Accused of Mobilizing Teachers to Protest in Jordan

A man reacts at the scene of an explosion at the port in Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 06:50 GMT

Israel Denies Having Anything to do With The Beirut Port Explosions

A wounded man walks at the port near the scene of an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 06:46 GMT

US Stands Ready to Assist Lebanon, Says Trump

A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. STR / AFP

August 5th, 2020 - 06:37 GMT

Bleeding Lebanon: One of The World's Biggest-Ever Peacetime Explosions Kills at Least 100 People, Injures Over 4000

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August 4th, 2020 - 12:03 GMT

What is The Relationship Between WHO And Wuhan Scientists?

Van earthquakes occurred in eastern Turkey near the city of Van. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

August 4th, 2020 - 12:00 GMT

A Major Earthquake Strikes Eastern Turkey

Syrian migrants / refugees arrive from Turkey on boat through sea with cold water near Molyvos, Lesbos. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

August 4th, 2020 - 11:03 GMT

Tunisia Seeks to Stem Illegal Migrants From its Coast