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The US President has met the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince. He blamed Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. US President Joe Biden said he warned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of future acts of violence against government critics at their meeting in Jeddah. He made it clear to the heir to the throne that another act like the murder of journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 would result in a "response" from the United States, said Biden after his consultations with bin Salman in the Saudi Arabian port city. Khashoggi 's murder was "at the top" of the topics of conversation, the US President said. Khashoggi disappeared from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Later it turned out that he was murdered by a special commando. He had published opinion pieces from the United States that criticized the crown prince. According to US intelligence, bin Salman authorized the murder. Biden Proclaims In Israel Th...

The United States affirms that the best way to achieve this is through diplomatic channels and the nuclear agreement, although "it is prepared to use all the elements of its national power" to ensure it. Lapid tells him: "Diplomacy and words will not stop Iran" A few meters from the walls of the Old City, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem has become the most luxurious fortress in Israel, serving as the setting for the meetings of US President Joe Biden on the second day of his first tour in the Middle East. The leader has conveyed four central messages to Prime Minister Yair Lapid: the commitment to Israel's security ("as long as the US is there, you will never be alone"), the promise to avoid a nuclear Iran, the promotion of the normalization of relations with Arab countries and, finally, the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. All this has been recorded this Thursday in the Jerusalem Declaration signed by Biden and...

At the beginning of his Middle East trip, Joe Biden is counting on further integration of Israel in the region. Both countries are clearly opposed to Iran's nuclear plans. US President Joe Biden pledged US "unwavering" support to Israel at the start of his Middle East trip. Relations between the two countries are "deeper and stronger than ever," he said after landing in Tel Aviv. His government will work for the further integration of Israel in its neighborhood. Israel has over the past two years struck agreements to establish diplomatic relations with several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, through US mediation. Observers assume that Biden also wants to mediate serious contacts between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the course of his trip to the Middle East. The US President meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday.   US firmly on Israel's side against Iran Otherwise, Biden's visit to Israel is primari...

At the moment the circumstances of his death at 73 years of age are not known. The emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, died today at the age of 73, without the circumstances of his death being known at the moment, the state news agency reported today. "The Ministry of Presidential Affairs conveys its condolences to the people of the United Arab Emirates and the Arab Muslim nations (...) for the leader of the nation His Highness Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the State, who went to God on Friday, May 13," the department said in a statement released by WAM. The UAE's official news agency confirmed the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and said that 40 days of mourning had been declared for the president.  According to media reports, the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be accompanied by 40 days of mourning and a three-day public holiday during which the national flag will remain unfurl...