Finally, after more than 18 months of trade conflict, America and China signed the preliminary trade deal. President Donald Trump set the scene in the White House, saying, “The world is watching today, it’s a great honour to be here.” Then he shook hands with Vice-Premier Liu He, the deal was done.

The #Conquest_of_Constantinople is a reminder that the Muslims are one Ummah; their peace is one and their war is one, and that their fragmentation in statelets only serves the colonists, and that sectarian, madhhabi and tribal fighting only serves the Ummah's enemies. Our unity in one land is the nucleus of the conquests and the completion of the glad-tidings of the Prophet (saw).

What a great anniversary that is passing by us! What an anniversary in which the first capital of Byzantine turns into the capital of the great Islamic state! What empowerment is this! What a clear victory! What dignity is this for Muslims in general and for conquerors in particular!

On 3 January 2020, Iranian commander Qassim Soleimani of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. The strike came just days after a US embassy attack by Iranian backed militias, during the violent protests. These protests were considered a retaliation to the previous airstrikes, which killed 25 Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq