Explainer: Money talks in Trump’s Mideast plan – but can it pave way for peace?
More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, its first phase was launched on Tuesday at an economic workshop in Bahrain.
Blackstone CEO says Kushner’s Mideast peace plan ‘not unachievable’
Blackstone Group chief executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that an economic plan presented by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner for the Palestinian territories was “not unachievable”.
Convicted money launderer arrives in Colombia from U.S.
A Colombian man convicted by the United States of laundering drug trafficking proceeds returned to Bogota on Tuesday to serve additional jail time under a pyramid scheme conviction.
U.S. launches economic formula for Middle East peace, Palestinians unhappy
The Trump administration launched a $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace on Tuesday, saying an investment program for the Palestinians was a precondition for ending the decades-old conflict.
Kushner: Agreement on economic pathway vital for Middle East peace
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that prosperity for the Palestinians was not possible without a fair political solution – but that agreement on an economic way forward was a necessary precondition for Israeli-Palestinian peace….
UK PM contender Hunt says believes he can unite warring Conservatives over Brexit
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, one of the two contenders to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday he believed a Brexit deal could be done with the EU that would unite all wings of the Conservative party.
Trump committed to campaign to oust Venezuela’s Maduro: U.S. envoy
President Donald Trump is still committed to a pressure campaign to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step aside to make way for opposition leader Juan Guaido, Washington’s envoy for Venezuela said on Tuesday.
Trump threatens ‘obliteration’ as Iran condemns sanctions on Khamenei
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American” after Tehran said the latest U.S. sanctions had scuttled any chance of diplomacy, calling White House actions “mentally retarded”.
Saudi crown prince heads to South Korea, G20 in Japan: SPA
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has departed on a trip to South Korea and Japan, where he will lead the kingdom’s delegation to the G20 summit in Osaka, the royal court said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo visits Kabul, hopes for a peace deal before September 1
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday to discuss ongoing peace talks with the Taliban and the security situation ahead of Afghan presidential polls in September.
