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Jihan Abdalla

Jihan Abdalla

Senior US Correspondent
Washington
Jihan is a Washington-based correspondent and multimedia journalist who has extensively reported from Israel/Palestine, the United Nations headquarters and Mexico City. Before joining The National, she worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters and the Associated Press among others. Jihan is fluent in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.
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US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Trump renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as he championed his economic policies and tariff regime during a Tuesday event to mark his 100th day in office. Photographer: Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg
Special reportTrump's first 100 days: America first and a new era for the world

From radical foreign policy shifts to tariff wars, the start of the US president's second term has shattered the norms of governing

USApril 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. AP
Trump says he may deserve Nobel Peace Prize for Abraham Accords and pledges to add nations

US President said the four signatory countries in the normalisation treaty were 'brave'

USApril 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump, left, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop 'unnecessary and badly timed' attacks on Kyiv. AFP
'Vladimir, stop!' Trump calls on Russia to end strikes on Ukraine

Comments a sharp turn from a social media post the day before, when the US President said Ukraine's leader was derailing peace talks

USApril 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump while signing executive orders in the Oval Office. AFP
Trump says he may meet Putin after Saudi Arabia trip

US President also says he has a deal that would end the war in Ukraine

USApril 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East will take place from May 13-16, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. AP
Donald Trump to visit UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia next month

US President will also travel to Rome this week for funeral of Pope Francis

USApril 22, 2025
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on the south lawn of the White House during the White House Easter Egg Roll. AP
Trump stands by Hegseth after report of second Signal chat

US Secretary of Defence says he has spoken with President Trump and 'we are going to continue fighting'

USApril 21, 2025
Columbia University student demonstrators denouncing the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City last month. Reuters
US to screen visa applicants' social media for anti-Semitism

Effective immediately, the measure concerns those applying for student visas and permanent residency

USApril 09, 2025
US President Donald Trump, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House. EPA
Trump says US to hold direct talks with Iran as Netanyahu visits White House

US President says displacing Palestinians from Gaza will result in 'freedom zone'

USApril 07, 2025
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington. EPA
Trump says stocks will boom as countries plan tariffs response

New levies programme sets off plunge in US and international markets

USApril 03, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks at an event to announce new tariffs at the White House on April 2. AP
Trump unveils sweeping tariffs on US trading partners

US President announces minimum baseline of 10%, with rates going even higher for those deemed the 'worst offenders'

USApril 02, 2025
The White House is hyping US President Donald Trump's 'liberation day' package of measures. AFP
World braces for Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs

Measures are to be unveiled from White House Rose Garden on Wednesday

USApril 02, 2025
Speaking in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump said he expects his first overseas trip to be to the Arabian Gulf. Reuters
Trump expects to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar on first foreign trip

US President anticipates trip to Middle East in May after $1 trillion Riyadh pledge

GulfApril 01, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, where he asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament. AP
Canada's Mark Carney calls for snap elections amid Trump tariff threats

He said the vote would take place on April 28

USMarch 23, 2025
White House special envoy Steve Witkoff blamed Hamas for renewed Israeli strikes on Gaza, saying the group rejected a US-led bridging proposal. AP
US envoy Steve Witkoff says Hamas to blame for Israel's renewed attacks on Gaza

He blamed the group for rejecting an 'acceptable deal' that would have extended the ceasefire

USMarch 23, 2025
An artist rendering of the F-47, the US's sixth generation warplane. US Air Force / Reuters
What is the F-47? The US’s sixth-generation fighter plane

Donald Trump, 47th president, said the Boeing fighter would be capable of flying alongside a swarm of drones

USMarch 21, 2025
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