
Salma Ouaguira
Political Reporter at The New Arab
Political Reporter @The_NewArab prev @Independent @TheSun | Tips, gossip, state secrets and coffee requests 👉🏽[email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
newarab.com | Salma Ouaguira
Israel won the Eurovision televote with 297 points, with Spain, Ireland and the UK's support [Getty] Israel's second-place finish at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has ignited widespread controversy across Europe, sparking accusations of vote manipulation, political favouritism, and double standards within the competition.
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1 month ago |
newarab.com | Salma Ouaguira
Trump's tariffs and threats to the Federal Reserve chair send gold soaring [Getty] Gold prices skyrocketed past $3,500 an ounce, sparking a ripple effect throughout Middle Eastern markets and souks and sending investors and buyers flocking to jump on the gold wave. The meteoric rise of the metal comes amid broader economic tremors triggered by US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff manoeuvres and his blistering attack on the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell.
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1 month ago |
newarab.com | Salma Ouaguira
The United Arab Emirates has designated several political dissidents and their relatives terrorists, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the wealthy Gulf country to repeal the decision. Eleven people and eight UK-based companies were added to the terrorist list in January over links to the Muslim Brotherhood political movement that is banned in the UAE, official media said at the time.
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1 month ago |
english.alaraby.co.uk | Salma Ouaguira
He has no prior diplomatic experience and no formal government office. Yet, in Donald Trump’s second term, Steve Witkoff, not the Secretary of State or the CIA Director, has emerged as the US president's most trusted emissary on some of the world's most combustible crises. His journey to the highest levels of American foreign policy began not in the halls of Congress or the Ivy League seminar rooms that typically groom US diplomats, but in a New York City deli at 3 am in 1986.
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1 month ago |
newarab.com | Salma Ouaguira
Steve Witkoff has become the real estate mogul steering US foreign diplomacy [Getty] He has no prior diplomatic experience and no formal government office. Yet, in Donald Trump’s second term, Steve Witkoff, not the Secretary of State or the CIA Director, has emerged as the US president's most trusted emissary on some of the world's most combustible crises.
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