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Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

June 16th, 2026 - 06:52 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi to visit White House in July

ALBAWABA - Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will be heading to the United States for an official visit in mid-July, according to a joint announcement by the Iraqi government and the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. AFP reported that U.S. President Donald Trump will host al-Zaidi at the White House next month. The announcement comes amid U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Iraq. He arrived on Monday to inform ...

A voter, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, casts her ballot at a polling station in Jordan's capital Amman on November 10, 2020, during the 2020 general election. (AFP/File Photo)

November 11th, 2020 - 08:59 GMT

Young Jordanians Hope For 'True Change' in The New Parliament

According to the Palestinian presidency, Erekat, a lung transplant recipient who suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, "died at Hadassah Hospital" in Jerusalem, where he had been hospitalised since October 18. HAZEM BADER / AFP

November 11th, 2020 - 08:29 GMT

A 'Towering Figure': Palestinians Mourn The Death of Saeb Erekat

The Royal Court mourns Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister. (Twitter)

November 11th, 2020 - 08:07 GMT

Bahrain's Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Passes Away

Jet f35. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

November 11th, 2020 - 07:15 GMT

Will The US Congress Block a $23 Billion Weapons Sale to The UAE?

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on November 10, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. (AFP/File)

November 11th, 2020 - 07:02 GMT

The Biden Victory May Stop The 'Deal of The Century' in Its Tracks

The body of Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary general and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat arrives at a hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 10, 2020. (AFP/File)

November 11th, 2020 - 06:59 GMT

UN Chief Guterres is 'Deeply Saddened' by The Death of Saeb Erekat

An Emirati policeman uses a smart helmet to detect people's temperature as a tool to fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus among the visitors of the the Sharjah International Book Fair in Sharjah, northeast of Dubai, on November 4, 2020. Karim SAHIB / AFP

November 11th, 2020 - 06:52 GMT

UAE: Over 1000 Covid-19 Cases, 3 Deaths Reported

Hundreds marched in Lebanon's capital to mark the first anniversary of a non-sectarian protest movement that has rocked the political elite but has yet to achieve its goal of sweeping reform. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

November 11th, 2020 - 06:34 GMT

'Lebanon is Not Bankrupt' - Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh

Amman had tolerated the Muslim Brotherhood for decades, until 2014 when authorities considered it an unlicensed group (AFP/file photo)

November 11th, 2020 - 06:04 GMT

Saudi Council Labels Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization

The sanctions are the first against a high-ranking Christian ally of Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite movement long targeted by US sanctions and blacklisted as a "terrorist" organisation. JOSEPH EID / AFP

November 9th, 2020 - 11:13 GMT

Sanctioning Bassil Complicates The Formation of The Lebanese Cabinet

Nurse Micaela Barrionuevo works at the COVID-19 sample collection area of the Central Hospital in Mendoza, Argentina, on November 6, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

November 9th, 2020 - 10:51 GMT

Jordan Govt Rents Private Hospital For COVID-19 Patients

Flydubai Airlines. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

November 9th, 2020 - 09:55 GMT

First FlyDubai Flight Arrives in Tel Aviv After UAE-Israel Normalization