Trump kicks off Middle East visit with talk of a ‘golden age’

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President Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, tour the Diriyah/At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site, May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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As President Donald Trump heads to the Middle East, a look at how the countries he plans to visit are trying to position themselves. Also, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced it will disarm and disband. That marks the potential end of the group’s four decadelong insurgency against the Turkish military. And, the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has won a mayoral election despite his detention by the International Criminal Court.

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Trump kicks off Middle East visit with talk of a ‘golden age’ 
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