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Kuwait · 18 May 2018 Kuwait’s attempt to resolve Qatar crisis failed After a year of playing mediator, Kuwait's latest attempt to resolve the Qatar crisis has failed, diplomatic sources told Kuwait's Al-Rai newspaper.… USA · 17 May 2018 Arab League calls for an international probe into the violence in Gaza Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit called for an international probe into alleged "crimes" committed by Israeli security forces against Arab rioters… EU Affairs · 17 May 2018 EU committed to Iranian nuclear deal; wants the US to exempt the bloc from steel tariffs The EU remains firmly committed to the Iranian nuclear deal, and it wants the US to permanently exempt the bloc from steel… USA · 17 May 2018 TOTAL warns that it will stop its operations in Iran French company TOTAL announced that in view of the sanctions Total will not be able to operate its project SP 11, unless… USA · 17 May 2018 The clash of the Donalds – With friends like this, who needs enemies? Donald Tusk on Donald Trump “Looking at the latest decisions of Trump, someone could even think: With friends like that, who needs enemies?” Donald Tusk, President of… European Union · 15 May 2018 ‘Constructive meeting’ between Iran and and the EU Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed as "very good and constructive" the meeting he had in Brussels with the European… Iraq · 15 May 2018 Iraq elections – Muqtada al-Sard’s coalition comes first The release final results of Iraq's parliamentary vote indicate that Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Sairoon coalition (the Alliance of Revolutionaries for Reform)… USA · 14 May 2018 Iran Nuclear Deal – US doesn’t exclude sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran The US administration is prepared to impose sanctions on European companies that do business in Iran following his withdrawal of the US… Elections · 12 May 2018 Iraqis vote since country declared victory over IS Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant… Germany · 12 May 2018 There is no willingness from the US to take the position of its allies seriously Transatlantic relations have "already been damaged for some time", and Germany, although ready for dialogue, is "ready for a fight" for its… Donald Trump · 11 May 2018 Trump approaches geopolitics like The Apprentice – but this is not his show – Julian Borger (The Guardian’s World Affairs Editor) The big lesson of Trump’s big week in geopolitics – in which he ditched the Iran nuclear deal while pivoting optimistically toward… Iran · 11 May 2018 Israeli Airforce mission to destroy Iran’s presence in Syria dubbed as ‘Operation House of Cards’ – Update Updated: The European Union called reports about Iranian strikes against Israeli army posts from inside Syria "extremely worrying" and said Israel had…