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UAE ambassador’s firm linked to Bangladesh airports data deal
Middle East Eye
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June 28, 2025
An Emirati state-owned business appointed to set up a new passenger information system at Bangladeshi airports sub-contracted part of the project to a company co-owned by the UAE’s own ambassador to the country. Documents seen by Middle East Eye...
Liberia Named on Proposed U.S. List of Countries for Third-Country Deportations as Funding is Cut for Global Vaccine Program
Front Page Africa
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June 27, 2025
Immigrants looking out the windows of a plane after arriving in Costa Rica on a deportation flight from the United States in February. Costa Rica took 200 deportees in February, including citizens of China, India and Nepal. Credit: Reuters...
Diplomacy Watch: Did Israel’s war on Iran help Russia?
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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June 27, 2025
Yet for many Iranians, regime change would represent a profound betrayal of their long-held democratic aspirations through peaceful protests. It also raises several uncomfortable but necessary questions: What person or what organizations are ready...
First ‘FireSat’ satellite delivers thermal images
SpaceNews
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June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON — Muon Space has released the first thermal infrared images from its FireSat Protoflight satellite, marking a milestone for the company’s dedicated wildfire detection constellation. The images, captured using a six-channel multispectral...
Despite the fall of Assad, the illicit drug trade in Syria is far from finished
The European Times
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June 26, 2025
Despite the current government hostility to trade, the country remains a center for the production and distribution of medication. During the country’s long civil war, the Assad regime was affected by sanctions and diplomatic isolation, and...
Top 5 African countries with the most active drilling rigs in May 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 27, 2025
Generally speaking, a large rig count denotes robust economic activity in the oil sector. It denotes the entire functioning of exploration and production (E&P) activities, which draw in capital, create jobs, and boost revenue. In many African...
Malaysia quietly flying Turkish drones over South China Sea
Asia Times
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June 27, 2025
In June 2025, Malaysia took a decisive yet understated step in fortifying its maritime domain awareness by confirming the deployment of three Turkish-made Anka‑S unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones...
GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX 2025: Dhaka or Damascus? The tragic parallels in global rankings
The Business Standard
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June 25, 2025
"This city of magic, this city of life— oh Dhaka!" goes the lyrics of a popular song by the Bangla band Chirkutt. Many of those who are deeply rooted to the city may relate to these words on an emotional level, but the reality paints a different...
UN Drug Office Warns that Global Drug Crisis Will Intensify
Inter Press Service
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June 27, 2025
Crime & Justice, Economy & Trade, Education, Environment, Global, Headlines, Health, Humanitarian Emergencies, TerraViva United Nations Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime addresses the high-level...
Regime Change, Migration, and Money on the Move: The Two-Way...
Modern Ghana
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It’s one of those overlooked things in global politics—how when a regime falls or shifts in South Asia or Africa, people start moving. Not always in a straight line, and not always just fleeing. Some leave, yes, but some arrive too. And the same...
OPINION: Rising Lion was diplomacy by other means
The Jewish News
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June 27, 2025
Israel’s ‘12-day war’ with Iran may well go down as one of the most successful military operations in modern history. In a short period of time, Israel took control of Iran’s airspace, eviscerated its military and strategic command, defanged much...
Education Revolution: Namibian President declares free university tuition
Sunday Independent
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June 27, 2025
Tswelopele Makoe|Published 6 minutes ago 6min “WE have heard your cries, the fees have fallen,” announced Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. A mere month into her presidency, the first female president of the sub-Saharan nation made waves...
John Fetterman Breaks With Democrats To Back Trump’s Bombing Of Iran
Independent Journal Review
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June 27, 2025
The Senate voted largely along party lines Friday evening to block a resolution seeking to prevent President Donald Trump from launching military strikes on Iran absent congressional authorization. Senators voted 47 to 53 against discharging the...
World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...
Trump bombs Iran, NYC election shocker, Bezos wedding & casual-dining favorites | Ep. 25
Denison Forum - Texas
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June 26, 2025
On this episode of Culture Brief, we break down the intense 12-day showdown between Israel and Iran—and the U.S. jumping in with surprise bombings with Operation Midnight Hammer (awesome name btw). Plus details on how the ceasefire came together,...
Nuclear Weapons and the Israel-Iran Conflict
American University - Washington D.C.
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Earlier this month, a quickly escalating armed conflict between Israel and Iran deepened. The latest conflict started when Israel launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear and military sites in the early hours of June 13. In response, Iran shot back...
There won’t be a ‘final victory’ for Iran or Israel
New Statesman
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June 24, 2025
With the employment of bunker-busting bombs and cruise missiles against key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan through the night of 21-22 June, the United States became an active combatant in the long-running (and recently much...
Transitioning from autocracy to democracy: The four challenges for Bangladesh
Daily Star
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June 27, 2025
Bangladesh is in a transition phase—from autocracy to democracy. After almost 16 years of a personalistic autocracy, a popular uprising succeeded in deposing the regime in August 2024. The popular hope, in brief, is to establish a democratic...
Israel-US air power forced Iran to choose regime survival over war
The Print
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June 26, 2025
There have been momentous strategic developments in 48 hours beginning at 04:10 am IST, 22 June, in the Israel-Iran war. They began with the US jumping into the fray with a stunning display of its strategic air power, targeting three nuclear...
How a fake astronaut fooled the world, broke women's hearts, and landed in jail
Space.com
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June 27, 2025
On a chill January evening in 1989, members of the Experimental Aircraft Association of Boston gathered for a special event. At 7 p.m., the group's president introduced a guest speaker as a "master of the skies and space." The mystery man marched...