White House talks with Qatari PM, milestone GCC railway deal and UAE foreign trade hits record
In today's episode of Trending Middle East , Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House, as efforts to mediate in the US-Iran war face renewed challenges. Mr Trump has said that further strikes on Iran are unlikely if negotiations succeed, but US forces remain on alert. Gulf countries have signed a milestone agreement to build a…
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Qatar's Prime Minister, is set to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Tensions between the US and Iran continue to rise, with US forces remaining on high alert and President Trump suggesting further strikes on Iran are unlikely if negotiations are successful. The Gulf Cooperation Council has signed a groundbreaking agreement to construct a 2,100-kilometre railway network connecting Kuwait to Oman.
In Israel, President Isaac Herzog has offered the opposition leader, Gadi Eisenkot, the chance to form a government, marking a setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose coalition recently lost its parliamentary majority in the recent election.
The United States has initiated the deportation of Lebanon's consul general in Detroit, Ibrahim Charara, due to his controversial social media posts celebrating the 1983 Hezbollah bombing of US and French military barracks in Beirut.
Moreover, the UAE's foreign trade has reached a record-breaking level of nearly Dh3 trillion in the first nine months of the year, according to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai.
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