The president is leaving the G7 early to focus on the Middle East
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said, “We are going to try to make America great again.” Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he was leaving the G7 in Canada early to return to the US to focus on “the conflict in the Middle East” amid the trade war between the world’s top democracies. The G7 Summit is scheduled to begin on Monday in Canada.
During the Neolithic period of the eastern Maghrib, the foragers had high continuity of their ancestry
Researchers have used old mitochondrial DNA from archaeological sites in the Middle East to reconstruct the identity of the ‘Afalous’, a group of Paleolithic humans. They claim that the ‘Afalous’ and their descendants are the first ancestors of humans to settle in the southern Mediterranean region. They also claim to have established a direct connection between the ‘Afalous’ and the Neanderthals.
Population transfers vise versa is on the table
The conflict between Hamas and Israel is a “major security threat to the region”, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman said. He further said, “It’s our wish that the Palestinians become a state in the Middle East.” He further said that Saudi Arabia is ready to work with “every country to make sure that [Palestine] becomes a free state”.
Will Netanyahu take Trump’s deal when they meet?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said, “I’ve been in talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a number of issues, including the situation in the Middle East.” Netanyahu added, “I am confident that we’re going to get this deal done.” Netanyahu also met US First Lady Melania Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
There is a cease fire between Israel and Hamas
The first few days of a ceasefire deal in the Middle East will begin with the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a senior Israeli official said. A further round of negotiations will begin 16 days into that first phase of the agreement, about further withdrawals of Israeli troops from Gaza, the official added.
19 people were killed in a mosque as Israel bombed northern Gaza and southern Lebanon
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “We’re trying to reach a cease-fire in Gaza and in Lebanon.” He added, “The unnamed countries are putting forward initiatives. They include regional states and some outside the Middle East. We’re hopeful.” Iran’s statement comes after Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s south following the killing of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah.
Harris has a stance on Israel
US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential elections, said on Friday that she would not send US troops to Gaza. “I will not send American troops to Gaza, and I will not send American troops to the Middle East,” she added.
Russia’s ties to Asia were shored up by Putin signing numerous deals with Vietnam
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un have signed a strategic pact to end the Cold War and destabilise the Middle East. The pact was signed on the sidelines of Putin’s state visit to Vietnam. Putin said the two countries share an interest in “developing a reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region with no room for closed military-political blocs”.