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The Iranian Military Chiefs, Nuclear Scientists, and Terror Heads Targeted by Israel
Breitbart
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June 13, 2025
Israel’s first round of airstrikes, in what the Israeli government is describing as an extended campaign to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, killed several top Iranian military officers and nuclear scientists. Several others’ statuses remain...
Trump plans 35% tariff for Canada. Here are the other countries that received tariff letters
Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a letter that he will raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow to their decades-old alliance....
Sudan Investigates U.S. Chemical Weapons Allegations Amid Sanctions and Trump’s Push for Peace
Watan
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July 11, 2025
Watan-The Sudanese government announced Thursday that it has begun taking practical steps to address U.S. allegations that the Sudanese army used chemical weapons during the ongoing war that erupted in April 2023. Officials also noted that...
World News | Activists Stopped in Libya, Egypt Ahead of Planned March on Gaza
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Rabat (Morocco), Jun 13 (AP) A planned march protesting aid restrictions on Gaza faced uncertainty on Friday as organisers in Cairo awaited Egyptian approval and Libyan authorities blocked a convoy of activists en route. Activists from 80...
Odessa region becomes a priority area for recovery funding
The Odessa Journal
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In Rome, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities and Territories Development and Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a package of decisions that mark a new stage in the strategic partnership...
NATO: Was There a Summit?
Valdai Discussion Club
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NATO’s modest 2025 summit does not indicate a deepening trend toward crises in the alliance, but reflects the desire of its leadership to use the effect of continuing external challenges and changes in the internal dynamics in NATO following...
Egypt’s Abu Mena Monastery Removed from UNESCO Danger List
Egyptian Streets
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July 10, 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has officially removed Abu Mena, the archaeological site of an early Christian pilgrimage center, from its List of World Heritage in Danger,...
Malaysian chip firms suspend growth plans over American tariff uncertainties
Cryptopolitan
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July 11, 2025
Leading chip manufacturers in Malaysia have put their investment and expansion plans on hold as they wait for the US to clarify its impending tariffs. Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association President Wong Siew Hai stated that the chip...
Solar eclipse 2026: A traveller’s guide to the best places to be when the light goes out
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
EU’s ‘reluctance’ to act over Israel criticised by 27 former ambassadors
Euronews
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Published on 11/07/2025 - 12:29 GMT+2•Updated 12:41 The EU's “reluctance to take serious action against Israel” in relation to its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank has been criticised by 27 former EU ambassadors to the Middle East and North...
Trump sends tariff letters to seven more countries
Yahoo Finance
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July 9, 2025
A group of African countries have said they will cut their tariffs on US goods, Donald Trump has claimed. He told reporters: “We treat Africa great in many different ways, including with tariffs. “Parts of Africa charge us tremendous tariffs, as...
Obedience is not protection: A warning from the Middle East
The Nation
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July 11, 2025
The world today finds itself once again at a crossroads, where international law appears to apply only to the weak, while powerful states operate beyond its reach. Whether it’s the UN Charter or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal...
Donald Trump Renews Global Trade War With Canada Facing 35% Tariff
Variety
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July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on global trading partners with Canada likely to be among the worst hit. In a letter sent to its northern neighbor late on Thursday, Trump said the U.S. will impose a 35% tariff on the country at...
Nigeria can't take Venezuelan deportees from US, minister says
BBC
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Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Natasha BootyBBC News, Lagos & London ShareSave "We already have over 230 million people," says Yusuf Tuggar Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners...
NATIONAL BRIEFS: Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials
Imperial Valley Press - California
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WASHINGTON Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology....
Western Soft-Power Agencies Established a Support Front for Armed Insurrection in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels
CovertAction Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, circa 2014, inside Damascus, Syria. [Source: unrwa.org] [This is the second of a two-part series. Part I can be found here—Editors] From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government...
Wall Street Climbs as Nvidia Achieves Market Milestone
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Midweek trading on The New York Stock Exchange closed with positive momentum, led by a surge in technology stocks after Nvidia became the first firm to achieve a market capitalization of USD4 trillion. This historic milestone sparked a...
US households face bigger income loss than Trump’s $300 billion tariff revenue
The Indian Express
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July 11, 2025
The American government hopes to collect $300 billion in revenue this year from Donald Trump’s tariff war. However, the higher prices resulting from the increase in tariffs from imported goods could set back US households’ incomes by an even...
India News | Three Sites in African Continent Removed from UNESCO World Heritage 'in Danger' List
Latestly
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July 10, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The World Heritage Committee has removed three African heritage sites -- in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya -- from UNESCO's list of endangered sites, acknowledging successful efforts to mitigate threats and restore their...
Sensex, Nifty Subdued On Trade Jitters
RTTNews
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July 10, 2025
Indian shares were subdued on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his tariff campaign, sending letters targeting six additional countries—Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Brunei, Moldova, and the Philippines—with fresh import duties ranging...