Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
Tag: New US Peace Plan
August 9, 2019
Israelis and Palestinians Doubt New US...
Israelis and Palestinians are bracing for an expected new peace plan announcement from Washington, which President Donald Trump has called the Deal of the Century. Yet there is deep mistrust on both sides and little hope that a deal can be made. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem