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...Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday harshly condemned Israel’s bombardments of Gaza, which have killed 5,087 people, according to Palestinian authorities, amid mounting concerns the Israel-Hamas...
...But when Iran launched its strike on Israel last weekend, the US led a group of countries, including the UK, France and Jordan, that helped to shoot down the barrage....
...Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday called for “an end to this atrocious war” and asked for a “concerted international effort” to create a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict....
...“After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Biden will postpone his travel to Jordan,” a White...
...Steven Fine, chief executive of Peel Hunt, told the Financial Times that the move was “one of a series of measures necessary to reinvigorate UK markets”....
...King Abdullah said admitting refugees was a “red line” for Jordan and for Egypt, which borders Gaza. “No refugees into Jordan and no refugees into Egypt either,” the king added....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: US-Middle East diplomacy: President Joe Biden hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House for talks on resolving the Israel-Hamas war....
...More than 30 airdrops of aid have taken place over Gaza during the war, by countries including the US, Jordan, Egypt, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UAE....
...Syria, by comparison, has a median age of 22, while it is 24 in Egypt and Jordan. Israel, at 29.1, is closer to the global figure of 30.5. In the UK, the figure is 40, while in Japan it is 49.1....
...In a statement issued while he was on a flight to Israel, Biden said he had spoken to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah II of Jordan after the strike on the hospital....
...The Harvard democracy scholar, Daniel Ziblatt, who is co-author with Steven Levitsky of the recent book, Tyranny of the minority, says a Jordan speakership would be the most troubling sign of US democracy...
...The ship, which was carrying a cargo of steel products and trucks from the Chinese port of Lianyungang to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Aqaba in Jordan, was flying the flag of Barbados....
...He was named co-president in 2020 as part of a succession plan.Jordan, a six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time....
...Harvard professor Steven Pinker is not convinced. He agreed to be on UATX’s advisory board, but stood down a week after the announcement, having been mislabelled as a founding faculty member....
...Elizabeth II, opening the lions’ terraces at London Zoo (which he funded)....
...Gas stoves,” Ohio lawmaker Jim Jordan wrote on social media platform X last January. “We need a major celebrity to get behind induction stove tops,” like a celebrity chef, Salz said....
...They join gallery stalwarts, including Ugo Rondinone, Franz West and Steven Shearer, in a show of about 80 works by about 26 artists (November 11 to February 24)....
...There’s a touch of Steven Spielberg in an ominous shot of a pointy fin; shades of Christopher Nolan in the visual spectacle (and, alas, blaring Hans Zimmer score)....
...II of Jordan and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt was cancelled....
...Cartography by Ian Bott, Cleve Jones and Steven Bernard in London...
...In short order he made The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now — four canonic movies, still must-sees for moviemanes....
...The new owners also include Zimmer’s business partner Steven Kofsky....
...The scene is from Dina Mimi’s short film “The melancholy of this useless afternoon chapter II”, which samples footage of contraband seizures on the crossing from Jordan to the West Bank, cut with shots of...
...Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah II....
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