Israeli tanks and airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians including seven children in Gaza on Wednesday, the latest violence to undermine the nearly four-month-old ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/world/israeli-strikes-kill-24-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Israeli tanks and airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians including seven children in Gaza on Wednesday, the latest violence to undermine the nearly four-month-old ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/world/israeli-strikes-kill-24-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Global container liners are bracing for lower profits in 2026 as the potential reopening of the Red Sea shipping route weighs on freight rates, exacerbating oversupply issues and aggravating trade pains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/companies/shipping-firms-red-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shipping #redsea #trade #middleeast
Global container liners are bracing for lower profits in 2026 as the potential reopening of the Red Sea shipping route weighs on freight rates, exacerbating oversupply issues and aggravating trade pains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/companies/shipping-firms-red-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shipping #redsea #trade #middleeast
A United States fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” flew towards the USS Abraham Lincoln as it was crossing through the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command says. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com
A United States fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” flew towards the USS Abraham Lincoln as it was crossing through the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command says. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com
Syria began deploying security forces in Kurdish-controlled areas, implementing a U.S.-backed agreement to integrate Kurds with state institutions and take control of northeastern territories in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/world/politics/syria-kurdish-us-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #syria #kurds #us
Syria began deploying security forces in Kurdish-controlled areas, implementing a U.S.-backed agreement to integrate Kurds with state institutions and take control of northeastern territories in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/world/politics/syria-kurdish-us-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #syria #kurds #us
The White House agreed to the deal despite concerns from some #NationalSecurity officials in the #Trump admin that the #UAE might share the #chips with #China, which could potentially use them to advance its #military #weapons systems.
In an investigation last year, NYT reported that the chip negotiations intersected in critical ways with #WorldLibertyFinancial’s business dealings, involving many of the same people & unfolding simultaneously.
Overall, the #Trump family’s #crypto investments in the past year have increased the family’s net worth by more than $1 billion, at least on paper.
At the same time that the crypto deal came together, the Emirati government secured an agreement with the Trump admin for the export of hundreds of thousands of advanced #chips to power #AI #tech.
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
#Trump, through an entity called DT Marks DEFI LLC, effectively controls a large stake in #WorldLibertyFinancial, which generated $57 million for him just as the company was starting up, acc/to his financial disclosure report last year. Revenues from the company are also shared with #ZachWitkoff, the son of #SteveWitkoff, who is Trump’s #MiddleEast envoy, among other partners.
That maneuver alone turned #WorldLibertyFinancial into one of the world’s largest issuers of #stablecoin — a type of #cryptocurrency that maintains a price of $1. The deal was poised to generate tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue for World Liberty [ #Trump].
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
The investment, reported earlier by WSJ, was confirmed on Sunday by a spox for the Trumps’ #crypto company, #WorldLibertyFinancial.
Days before his father’s inauguration in Jan 2025, Eric Trump, the president’s middle son, signed the agreement with the investment firm for a $500M investment in World Liberty, WSJ reported. David Wachsman, a World Liberty spox, confirmed the transaction in a statement to NYT.
#Trump #compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
Overall, the #Trump family’s #crypto investments in the past year have increased the family’s net worth by more than $1 billion, at least on paper.
At the same time that the crypto deal came together, the Emirati government secured an agreement with the Trump admin for the export of hundreds of thousands of advanced #chips to power #AI #tech.
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
The White House agreed to the deal despite concerns from some #NationalSecurity officials in the #Trump admin that the #UAE might share the #chips with #China, which could potentially use them to advance its #military #weapons systems.
In an investigation last year, NYT reported that the chip negotiations intersected in critical ways with #WorldLibertyFinancial’s business dealings, involving many of the same people & unfolding simultaneously.
#Trump, through an entity called DT Marks DEFI LLC, effectively controls a large stake in #WorldLibertyFinancial, which generated $57 million for him just as the company was starting up, acc/to his financial disclosure report last year. Revenues from the company are also shared with #ZachWitkoff, the son of #SteveWitkoff, who is Trump’s #MiddleEast envoy, among other partners.
Overall, the #Trump family’s #crypto investments in the past year have increased the family’s net worth by more than $1 billion, at least on paper.
At the same time that the crypto deal came together, the Emirati government secured an agreement with the Trump admin for the export of hundreds of thousands of advanced #chips to power #AI #tech.
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
That maneuver alone turned #WorldLibertyFinancial into one of the world’s largest issuers of #stablecoin — a type of #cryptocurrency that maintains a price of $1. The deal was poised to generate tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue for World Liberty [ #Trump].
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
#Trump, through an entity called DT Marks DEFI LLC, effectively controls a large stake in #WorldLibertyFinancial, which generated $57 million for him just as the company was starting up, acc/to his financial disclosure report last year. Revenues from the company are also shared with #ZachWitkoff, the son of #SteveWitkoff, who is Trump’s #MiddleEast envoy, among other partners.
The investment in #WorldLibertyFinancial was one of 2 large transactions last year involving the Trumps’ #crypto firm & the #UAE government. At a conference in Dubai in May, World Liberty executives disclosed that #MGX, another company run by Sheikh Tahnoon, was using $2 billion worth of a digital currency issued by World Liberty, known as a #stablecoin, to make a large investment.
That maneuver alone turned #WorldLibertyFinancial into one of the world’s largest issuers of #stablecoin — a type of #cryptocurrency that maintains a price of $1. The deal was poised to generate tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue for World Liberty [ #Trump].
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
#UAE Firm Quietly Took Stake in #Trump Family’s #Crypto Company
The $500 million agreement raises new concerns about the propriety of the president negotiating #ForeignPolicy with his own #business partners.
An investment firm tied to the UAE purchased nearly HALF of the Trump family’s #cryptocurrency company last year, making the family business partners with the UAE even as Trump negotiated foreign policy matters with the nation.
#compromised #FARA #law #emoluments
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/politics/trump-crypto-uae-world-liberty.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The investment, reported earlier by WSJ, was confirmed on Sunday by a spox for the Trumps’ #crypto company, #WorldLibertyFinancial.
Days before his father’s inauguration in Jan 2025, Eric Trump, the president’s middle son, signed the agreement with the investment firm for a $500M investment in World Liberty, WSJ reported. David Wachsman, a World Liberty spox, confirmed the transaction in a statement to NYT.
#Trump #compromised #FARA #law #emoluments #ForeignPolicy #UAE #MiddleEast
Israel announced Sunday it was terminating Doctors Without Borders’ humanitarian operations in Gaza after the charity failed to provide a list of Palestinian staff. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/israel-msf-gaza-palestinian-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #unrwa #doctorswithoutborders #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel announced Sunday it was terminating Doctors Without Borders’ humanitarian operations in Gaza after the charity failed to provide a list of Palestinian staff. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/israel-msf-gaza-palestinian-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #unrwa #doctorswithoutborders #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
