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Donald Trump's 'Humiliating' Handshake: Why Paraguay's Santiago Peña Is Going Viral For Standing Firm

A brief handshake between Donald Trump and Paraguay's Santiago Peña at a Florida summit went viral after Peña refused to move during Trump's familiar pulling grip. The moment overshadowed the event's policy discussions and sparked global commentary.

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Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace faces a major blow as Indonesia threatens to walk away

The attacks on Iran are raising different concerns for this muslim majority country.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau defends the United Nations against 'world controlled by the strongest only'

The Danish actor and UN ambassador defends the institution as a force for good despite criticism from the Trump administration. Coster-Waldau questions the Board of Peace as not interested in peace, but business.

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Trump’s ‘quasi-dove’ era is over. Iran strikes expose his hawkish turn

Deploying the world’s most powerful military seems to exert an almost erotic fascination for Donald Trump

The Guardian - US

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis

US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration

The Guardian - UK

EU signals cautious engagement with US Gaza plan, but divisions remain

European Union foreign ministers signalled a cautious willingness to engage with a controversial United States-backed initiative for Gaza, as they met in Brussels with the newly appointed head of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

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Should You Buy JPMorgan Stock as It Plans to Support Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’?

JPM stock does not appear to be very attractive now, even as it gets involved with Trump's Board of Peace. Here's what to know.

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EU urges diplomacy for Iran as Trump threatens strikes amid negotiations

The European Union is urging a “diplomatic solution” on Iran as top EU diplomats are set to meet with the director of US President Donald Trump’s newly-created Board of Peace, and Trump continues to threaten strikes on Iran.

Radio France Internationale

EU diplomats to meet Board of Peace director over Gaza's future

The European Union’s top diplomats are meeting with the director of the Board of Peace in Brussels

The Independent UK

Thousands of troops from five countries and a $7bn relief fund: Inside Trump’s ‘board of peace’ plan to ‘rebuild’ Gaza

In a long-winded speech in Washington on Thursday, US president revealed more details about his plan for Gaza

The Independent UK

Trump goes off-script at the Board of Peace to describe touching Melania in a way that left the room silent, and it only got weirder

Awkward would be an understatement.

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‘Let’s take this with us’: Trump jokes with Vance moments after slamming ‘golden gavel’ to end Board of Peace meeting

This is the moment that Donald Trump joked with JD Vance about ‘taking’ a golden gavel with him following the inaugural Board of Peace meeting.

The Independent UK

'Stand up': Trump puts Pakistan PM Sharif on spot at Board of Peace meet - watch

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif found himself in an awkward moment at Donald Trump's self-styled inaugural Board of Peace meeting on Thursday as the US President publicly asked him to stand up as he claimed credit for halting military tensions between India and Pakistan.

The Times of India

The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: serving private interests more than public good

Editorial: As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanship

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Trump's Board of Peace painted a rosy picture of Gaza's future. On the ground, there is only despair

At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump spoke of billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip and a “new and harmonious” Middle East rising from the ashes of war

Euronews

Troop and funding pledges come in for Trump's Gaza plan

After signing the Board of Peace’s founding declaration in Davos, the plan for Gaza will now move to concrete implementation. Commitments include reconstruction funding, infrastructure rebuilding and, in one case, troop deployment within the US-backed stabilisation framework for the Strip.

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert on Andrew’s arrest: ‘Let’s hear it for British justice’

The late-night hosts expressed glee over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest while also showing confusion over Trump’s board of peace

Euronews

EU ministers to grill Commissions's Šuica over attendance at Trump’s Board of Peace launch

EU foreign ministers will question Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica on Monday about her participation at the launch of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, amid criticism from several member states over the Commission’s mandate and role.

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France says EU lacked mandate to attend Trump's Board of Peace meeting

France said the European Commission had no mandate to represent member states at US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, after its Mediterranean commissioner attended the gathering alongside representatives from more than 45 countries.

The Independent UK

Trump given new nickname after appearing to doze off at Board of Peace meeting

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Newsletter: France lashes out at Commissioner Šuica's Board of Peace meeting

Also in this newsletter: The EU mediates amid Hungary and Slovakia’s energy standoff with Ukraine, and the French far right asks the European Parliament to mark death of activist Quentin Deranque.

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom trolls ‘Dozy Don’ as president’s eyes droop during Board of Peace event: ‘He’s really just asleep’

The Board of Peace held its first meeting Thursday

The Independent UK

Indonesia seals ‘great’ US trade deal and pledges 8,000 troops for Gaza

Deal struck during president Prabowo Subianto’s Washington visit slashes US tariffs from 32% to 19%

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president weighs ordering ‘bad things’ against Iran as nuclear deal sits in limbo

Experts say there are already sufficient US military assets in the Middle East to begin aerial bombing – key US politics stories from Thursday 19 February at a glance

The Independent UK

Tufts scholar Rumeysa Ozturk earns her PhD one year after ICE arrest

‘Despite the very brutal, illegal and unjustifiable experiences I faced over the last year, I remain hopeful that our world can become a gentler and more peaceful place,’ she wrote

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