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At 12.01am EST (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” trade tariffs kicked in. And no country has been hit worse than China, which now effectively faces a 104 percent levy on the goods it sells to the US.

Even as Washington moved to start negotiations with other trading partners targeted by tariffs, the new levies on Beijing mean that anything the US imports from China will cost more than double what it did two months ago. In…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Israeli military is preparing to turn Rafah city in southern Gaza, along with its surrounding neighborhoods, into a buffer zone along the border, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Wednesday, citing military officials.

Morag Axis

Last Week, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the forces were “seizing territory” and “dividing up” Gaza.

According to OCHA, the UN humanitarian agency, the Israeli military has declared over 64% of…

US President Donald Trump unleashed a massive 104% tariff on China as the ‘reciprocal’ trade levies against dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday. China soon hit back, hiking its tariffs on US imports to 84%

By Yusra al-Aklouk

Amidst the devastation, young survivors in Gaza shared their firsthand accounts of escaping death and the profound impact of loss. Writing for Al-Jazeera, Yusra Al-Aklouk reports from Gaza.

With one bleeding eye and two broken legs, Ghassan Dardouna crawled, ignoring his injuries, searching for his young daughter, In’am, who had been thrown by the airstrike more than 20 meters away from their home.

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Daniel Levy, president of the US / Middle East Project, weighs in on Trump and Netanyahu’s recent White House meeting on Iran and Gaza. Why now — and what message does it send?