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Turkish FM bolsters ties with ASEAN partners in Kuala Lumpur
Hurriyet Daily News
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KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was received by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur, where he is attending the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. According to sources from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the...
Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says
CNN
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July 11, 2025
CNN — More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade. For months,...
Chhangur Baba conversion racket: How did Jamaluddin accumulate Rs 106 crore? Money poured in from Middle East Muslim countries as...
DNA India
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Jamaluddin or Chhangur Baba, who used to sell amulets and rings on his bicycle from village to village, now boasts of a bank balance of more than Rs 106 crore, deposited in more than 40 accounts, besides real estate property worth crores of rupees...
Israeli parliament continues to assault its own citizens' civil rights
Irish Examiner
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July 11, 2025
There has been no shortage of profoundly disturbing, objectionable, and arguably genocidal quotes from senior Israeli politicians over the past 20 months of war on Gaza.Bezalel Smotrich, the minister of finance: “Nobody will let us cause two...
Iran says 12 journalists killed in Israeli strikes
Dawn
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July 11, 2025
TEHRAN: Iran said on Thursday that 12 journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli strikes during the two countries’ recent war. The media arm of the Basij paramilitary forces _ a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps _ said the...
Egypt: Catalyst Partners Middle East approves $56mln share swap deal to acquire Qardy, Catalyst Holding
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Catalyst Partners Middle East, the first licensed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Egypt, has secured shareholder approval to acquire Qardy for Digital Applications and Catalyst Partners Holding in a share swap deal...
Iran Policy Has Gone Postmodern
Foreign Policy
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One of my colleagues who often has a way with words described the recent debate about bomb damage to Iran’s three main nuclear sites as “asinine.” It was certainly that, especially since most of the folks involved in the discussion had no...
Middle East's fertility slump: Fewer babies, big problems?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
There's what experts have called a "quiet revolution" underway in the Middle East, one that doesn't involve protests on the street or the toppling of governments. This revolution, happening in the privacy of locals' own homes, is concerned with...
Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry issues statement in connection with Ukrainian media disinformation
Turkmenportal
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The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan issued a statement regarding the distortion of information about the country in the Ukrainian media. “In connection with the tendentious reports disseminated by Ukrainian media...
Israeli Official Says Some of Iran’s Highly Enriched Uranium Likely Survived US Strikes: Report
Algemeiner Journal
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July 10, 2025
Israeli intelligence officials have reportedly concluded that parts of Iran’s underground stockpile of highly enriched uranium likely survived last month’s US-Israeli strikes, reviving questions about how severely the attacks degraded Tehran’s...
Israeli troops hit in deadly Gaza blast
Shafaq News
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2025-07-10T21:51:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East On Thursday, Israel faced multiple attacks, including a deadly bombing that caused a building to collapse onto Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza....
Turkish military fails to explain deaths of 12 soldiers in Iraq cave operation
Nordic Monitor
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July 10, 2025
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have not provided a detailed or convincing account of the July 6 incident in which 12 soldiers including two officers died after being exposed to toxic gas inside a cave in northern Iraq....
Israeli Official Reveals Some of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks
The Daily Beast
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July 10, 2025
An Israeli official has shut down President Donald Trump’s claims that Iran’s nuclear program was “fully obliterated.” Some of Iran’s enriched uranium at Fordo and Natanz survived the attacks by the United States in June and may still be...
Iranian official says Donald Trump could be attacked by Tehran while 'sunbathing at Mar-a-Lago'
KNSS - Kentucky
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July 10, 2025
Following a U.S. attack that damaged Iran’s nuclear capabilities, an Iranian official issued an ominous threat that President Donald Trump “can no longer sunbathe,” at his Florida estate due to potential assassination threats, per reports. “Trump...
Israeli strike kills children at clinic
Times of Malta
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July 10, 2025
Gaza's civil defence agency said eight children were killed as they queued for nutritional supplements outside a health clinic in central Gaza on Thursday, as Israeli forces pounded the war-battered Palestinian territory. The UN children's agency...
Iranian mother released from ICE detention after GOP House Majority Leader intervenes
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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July 10, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — An Iranian mother detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers has been released this week following advocacy from Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, 64, was detained by ICE...
Journalists: ‘It’s time to muck in – there should be way more of us (on social media)’ – Sophia Smith Galer
World Association of News Publishers
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July 11, 2025
‘Journalism should always have an audience at the very core of it, and social media – perhaps more than any other medium at the moment – forces us to take that very seriously.’ That Sophia Smith Galer needs little industry introduction is evident...
Senator Bill Cassidy shares views on Social Security and Middle East peace efforts
Central Louisiana News
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July 9, 2025
Senator Bill Cassidy | Sen. Bill Cassidy Official WebsiteSenator Bill Cassidy | Sen. Bill Cassidy Official Website U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., recently shared several updates on social media addressing significant issues ranging from domestic...
Syrian activist delivers unexpected message from Damascus to Israeli lawmakers
Fox News
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New York Post contributor Douglas Murray joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss how President Donald Trump's removal of Syrian sanctions will impact the region as the president urges Saudi Arabia to join Abraham Accords. NEWYou can now listen to...
Israeli attacks kill 82 amid forced displacement plans, truce talks in Gaza
Yahoo News
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Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 82 people since dawn, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, amid ongoing ceasefire talks and criticism of plans to forcibly transfer Palestinians to Rafah. Among those killed on Thursday, 15 people,...