Qatar, Saudi Arabia among eight countries joining Trump’s ‘board of peace’
Countries say board aims to support reconstruction in the Gaza Strip and advance a ‘just and lasting peace’.

Countries say board aims to support reconstruction in the Gaza Strip and advance a ‘just and lasting peace’.



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Court of Justice of the EU will determine if accord with South American nations is compatible with the bloc’s policy.
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Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says demolition in East Jerusalem is ‘blatant breach of international law’.
Petition signed by 40,000 relays concerns over risk of seismic activity in vicinity of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant.