周三，美国一家上诉法院叫停了田纳西州死囚克里斯塔·盖尔·派克的行刑，距原定执行时间不到两小时。按照计划，她将成为该州两百多年来首个被处死的女性。
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to become the first woman that state has put to death in more than two hundred years.
据美联社援引巴勒斯坦官员的消息，哈马斯及其盟友伊斯兰圣战组织同意与一名巴勒斯坦权力法塔赫前高层官员组成出人意料的选举联盟，此人与阿联酋关系密切，而阿联酋是以色列在中东最亲密的盟友。
Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad group have agreed to form an unlikely electoral coalition with a former top Fatah official who has close ties to the United Arab Emirates, Israel’s closest ally in the Middle East, The Associated Press reported citing Palestinian officials.
与此同时，伊朗周三表示，已收到美国对其最新提案的回应。该提案旨在恢复已经瓦解的海湾地区停火协议。就在几天前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普曾表示已拒绝该提案。周三，华盛顿从邻近的伊拉克撤走最后一批美军后，伊朗的盟友们欢庆胜利。在这场美国本世纪规模最大的战争中，共有4500名美军士兵在伊拉克丧生。2003年，美国军队推翻独裁者萨达姆·侯赛因后引发的混乱造成超过20万名伊拉克平民死亡。
Meanwhile, Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it. Iran’s allies were celebrating on Wednesday after Washington withdrew the last of its forces from neighbouring Iraq, where 4,500 US troops died in the biggest US war of the century. More than 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in chaos unleashed after US forces toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
一名沙特高级官员否认了有关沙特与以色列官员在以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡近期访问阿联酋期间会面的报道。这一说法与Ynet新闻网站的报道相矛盾。该网站称，内塔尼亚胡在访问阿联酋期间会见了包括一名沙特官员在内的一些中东国家官员。约旦也否认了该报道。据该媒体称，约旦与摩洛哥及其他一些未说明身份的国家派代表出席了这场会议。
A senior Saudi official has denied reports of a meeting between Saudi and Israeli officials during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates. The development contradicts a report by the Ynet news site, which stated that Netanyahu met with Middle Eastern officials, including a Saudi official, during his UAE visit. The report was also denied by Jordan, which, according to the outlet, was represented alongside Morocco and other unspecified countries at the meeting.
伊朗警告阿联酋内塔尼亚胡访问或将带来“极其危险的后果” 伊朗外交部周日就内塔尼亚胡的访问向阿拉伯联合酋长国发出警告。据德黑兰驻印度大使馆提供的一份声明非官方译文，伊朗外交部称以色列总理是“杀害儿童、煽动战争的犹太复国主义政权总理”，并表示，“这个双手沾满数十万无辜者鲜血的罪犯正在国际法庭受审，他的出现极其危险且令人警觉。”
Iran warns UAE of ‘highly dangerous consequences’ after Netanyahu’s visit Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned the United Arab Emirates of “highly dangerous consequences” following Netanyahu’s visit on Sunday. Calling the Israeli Prime Minister “the child-killing and war-mongering Prime Minister of the Zionist regime,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said, “the presence of a criminal whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and who is under prosecution by international courts is extremely dangerous and alarming,” according to an unofficial translation by Tehran’s embassy in India of a statement.
外交部补充说：“毫无疑问，鉴于犹太复国主义政权对伊朗及该地区其他国家一贯抱有的敌意和仇视，以及该政权屡次威胁伊朗伊斯兰共和国，该地区所有国家都应对这种威胁地区集体和平与安全的行为所造成的后果和影响保持警惕。”
“Undoubtedly, given the proven hostility and animosity of the Zionist regime toward Iran and other countries of the region, as well as the regime’s repeated threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran, all countries of the region should be vigilant about the consequences and repercussions of such a presence, which threatens the collective peace and security of the region,” the Ministry added.
特朗普称不知道伊朗在战争中是否“还会放弃” 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二表示，他不知道伊朗是否“还会放弃”，并称伊朗在与美国的战争中表现“非常糟糕”。特朗普对记者说：“我不知道他们是否还会放弃，但他们会放弃的。”他补充道：“他们的表现非常糟糕。”
Trump says he does not know if Iran will ‘give up yet’ amid war US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he did not know whether Iran would “give up yet”, while describing Iran as doing “very poorly” in the war with the United States. “I don’t know if they are going to give up yet, but they’ll give up,” Trump told reporters. “They are doing very poorly,” he added.