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Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner listens during a normalisation announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington.(AP)

Kushner to launch an organisation for Arab-Israel normalisation

culture

Women walk past a statue of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte with a sign marking the area as a historical site in Israel’s Mediterranean coastal city of Jaffa. (AFP)

Split vision marks Mideast perception of Napoleon’s legacy

US

Immigrant families and their supporters attend a rally in Los Angeles, California on April 8, 2021. (AFP)

Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

Europe

A file photo shows a woman kissing a child on the NGO’s vessel “Alan Kurdi” during an operation at sea. (AFP)

Europe-bound child migrants intercepted off Libya’s coast

US

A file picture of Israeli Mossad chief Yossi Cohen in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Blinken meets Mossad chief amid Israeli ‘unease’ over Iran talks

Lebanon

A man watches “Alephia 2053”, an Arabic-language animated feature, on YouTube at his office in Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese animated feature depicts Arabs’ future through past upheaval

Middle East

A file photo of Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council’s Middle East policy coordinator. REUTERS

US envoys headed to Middle East amid concerns over Iran policy

Saudi Arabia

A combination of pictures of Saudi and Turkish flag. (AFP)

Riyadh to close eight Turkish schools, likely ruffle Ankara

Middle East

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, and Adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash hold a press conference in Cyprus, April 16, 2021. (AFP)

Cyprus meeting of UAE, Israel, Greece showcases ‘new narrative’