Trump’s shadow looms over last ditch effort to revive Iran nuclear deal

The draft has been met with guarded optimism in Iran. Mohammad Marandi, adviser to Iranian negotiators in Vienna, told CNN that the text to Khaled Al Awadhi, an activist from Kuwait, said in a video posted on Twitter that the act “presents us [Kuwaitis] as people who act in a provocative way because we have money.” “If an expatriate behaved like this in our country, we would have all turned on him,” he added, calling on parents to “raise children well.” Oil-rich Kuwait is one of the richest Arab countries and has one of the world’s most valuable currencies. An apology video surfaced on Twitter by a man who claimed to be the student in the initial clip, with his face blurred, saying that he is in fact Bahraini. The man said he had borrowed his Kuwaiti friend’s car and apologized for his “inappropriate behavior,” saying he was just “expressing joy.” By Mohammed AbdelbaryTime Capsule This week marks 70 years since King Hussein bin Talal was declared king of Jordan. Hussein was the third monarch to rule the Hashemite kingdom. He was proclaimed king after his father, Talal, was declared unfit to rule due to mental illness by the nation’s parliament. Beginning his rule as a 17-year-old schoolboy on August 11, 1952, he evolved by the end of his life into a respected statesman, peace broker, and the Middle East’s longest-serving ruler. For more than 40 years, Hussein ruled a kingdom not much older than he was — hailing from the Hashemite dynasty that is believed to be descended from the prophet Mohammad. His reign was marked by threats to his rule at home and the loss of the West Bank and East Jerusalem to Israel in a war, but it also saw Jordan become the second Arab state to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state. Hussein succumbed to a battle with cancer at the age of 63, passing away on February 7, 1999. He was succeeded by his eldest son King Abdullah, the current ruler of Jordan.