There was some movement on the reconciliation talks between Gulf countries, but how much remains to be seen..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Kuwait FM says Gulf crisis negotiations 'fruitful'
Palestinians: Bahrain denies settlement products' ‘Made in Israel’ label
The denial came during a phone call between Al Zayani and Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Malki, according to a statement released by the PA.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Palestinians: Bahrain denies settlement products' ‘Made in Israel’ label
Iran tells IAEA it will accelerate underground uranium enrichment
The confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report obtained by Reuters said Iran plans to install several more cascades, or clusters, of advanced IR-2m centrifuges in the plant at Natanz.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Iran tells IAEA it will accelerate underground uranium enrichment
Jewish man arrested for setting fire to Roman Catholic church in Jerusalem
"People here don't really promote coexistence base on mutual respect of all faithful in the the Holy Land."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Jewish man arrested for setting fire to Roman Catholic church in Jerusalem
Intel: Congress warned of fallout if Yemen's Houthis labeled terrorists
A group of 29 aid agencies operating in Yemen warned congressional leaders that the Donald Trump administration's planned terror designation could hinder their live-saving work.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Intel: Congress warned of fallout if Yemen's Houthis labeled terrorists
UAE responds to criticism from US senators on F-35 sale
A group of bipartisan senators has introduced legislation rejecting the Trump administration's planned sale of the advanced fighter jet to the United Arab Emirates.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UAE responds to criticism from US senators on F-35 sale
No relief in sight for Mideast hotspots after catastrophic 2020
Conflict, disease, famine compound crises in Gaza, Yemen, Syria.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: No relief in sight for Mideast hotspots after catastrophic 2020
Biden: 'Hard to tell' how scientist’s killing would impact Iran negotiations
The recent assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh could complicate Biden's pledge to rejoin the nuclear agreement.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Biden: 'Hard to tell' how scientist’s killing would impact Iran negotiations
US cancels China-funded exchange programs, saying they are ‘propaganda tools’
The US Department of State on Friday terminated five exchange programs with China that the US says were “propaganda tools” disguised as “cultural exchanges.”America’s universities have become a soft target for espionage carried out by China, intelligence officials have said over the last couple years. A few professors and students at top-ranking US universities have been charged and convicted of spying for China.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The five programs that were terminated were fully funded and operated by the Chinese government as “soft power propaganda tools,” a State Department statement from December 4 read.“They provide carefully curated access to Chinese Communist Party officials, not to the Chinese people, who do not enjoy freedoms of speech and assembly. The United States welcomes the reciprocal and fair exchange of cultural programs with [People’s Republic of China] officials and the Chinese people, but one-way programs such as these are not mutually beneficial,” the statement said.In September, US President Donald Trump revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers, saying they had stolen intellectual property and helped modernize China's military. China responded, saying the US was guilty of “monitoring, harassing and willfully detaining” Chinese students and researchers in the US.Read more:China warns students in US to ‘be on guard’ over ‘arbitrary interrogations’China steps up trade restrictions on Australia amid tensionsAt least 18 coal miners killed in China: State TVIn June 2019, one US lawmaker said that Chinese university students in the US were increasingly being pressured to spy on the US.“The overwhelming number of counterintelligence cases in our country now involve Chinese nationals,” Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman, Democrat Mark Warner, said at the time, news outlet Voice of America reported.
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: US cancels China-funded exchange programs, saying they are ‘propaganda tools’
Israel issues travel warning involving several Middle Eastern states
The Israeli government wants Israelis to avoid travel to the UAE, Turkey and other countries following the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel issues travel warning involving several Middle Eastern states