Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah as part of a general strike in response to the U.S. declaration on Jerusalem, writes Derek Stoffel. CBC | World News
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Trump says U.S. now recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel
U.S. President Donald Trump declares Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a move upending decades of U.S. policy and carrying unclear repercussions on the road to Mideast peace. CBC | World News
Read More »What’s at stake if Trump moves U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
While many Israelis welcome U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as their capital, Palestinians have said the move would end American efforts to bring peace to the region, writes Derek Stoffel. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump phones Arab leaders over plan to move U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
President Donald Trump informs Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders by phone that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a holy city whose Israeli-annexed eastern sector the Palestinians seek as a future capital. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court OK’s enforcement of Trump’s travel ban
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Senate approves major tax cuts in legislative win for Trump
The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a tax overhaul on Saturday, moving Republicans and President Donald Trump a big step closer to their goal of slashing taxes for businesses and the rich while offering everyday Americans a mixed bag of changes. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada, U.S. held joint exercises simulating nuclear attack on both sides of border
Canadian and U.S. officials quietly held exercises last spring to practice dealing with worst-case nuclear scenarios running through simulated attacks on both sides of the border, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »North Korean regime would be ‘utterly destroyed’ if it provokes war, U.S. ambassador warns
The United States warned the North Korean leadership that it would “utterly destroyed” if war were to break out, after Pyongyang test fired its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, putting the U.S. mainland within range. CBC | World News
Read More »Libyan acquitted of murder in Benghazi attack that killed U.S. ambassador, 3 others
A federal jury has found a suspected Libyan militant not guilty of the most serious charges stemming from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. CBC | World News
Read More »North Korea fires ballistic missile, U.S. officials say
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, two U.S. government sources say, a week after U.S. President Donald Trump put the North back on a U.S. list of countries that it says support terrorism. CBC | World News
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