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Trump Says We Will 'Take Gaza' And 'Cherish It' In White House Meeting With Jordan's King Abdullah
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 3:50pm | 793President Donald Trump, while hosting a White House meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House Tuesday, reiterated his threat that the U.S. will take control of the Gaza Strip and move the nearly two million Palestinians living there to either Jordan or Egypt or somewhere. Asked...
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Trump's Plan To Turn Gaza Into Seaside Resort, Remove 2 Million Palestinians Roundly Rejected By World Leaders
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 1:39pm | 641President Donald Trump‘s proposal for the United States to “take over the Gaza Strip,” level it and rebuild the area after Palestinians are sent elsewhere has been rejected from just about all corners of the world, from the Middle East to the Midwest. Trump’s remarks during...
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After The Death Of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Watch Crude Oil & This ETF
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 10:22pm | 304Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died on Thursday night. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who became King of the Arab state in 2005, will be succeeded by his brother, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The markets speculated about Abdullah's health for the majority of last year, particularly on the...
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Oil Investors Turn To Economic Data As Geopolitical Worries Fade
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 8:21am | 319Brent crude oil began the week on the decline as supply interruption risks in Iraq eased. The commodity traded at $112.59 at 8:30 GMT as the geopolitical tension that has been propping oil prices up began to fade. CNBC reported that the Sunni insurgency that has taken over much of northern...
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Say Goodbye to Syrian President Bashar Assad
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 10:11am | 608There are more reports coming out of Syria that soldiers from the Syrian army continue to turn on Syrian President Bashar Assad. Many members of the Syrian military are joining the opposition against Assad's brutal crackdown and are turning their guns away from protesters and directly at the forces...