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Trump Continues Assault on Higher Education
News Ghana
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August 13, 2025
Numerous universities have been fined by the White House based on spurious charges stemming from the administration’s racism, anti-science agenda and dictatorial biddings Political Review United States Federal District Court Judge Rita Lin of San...
Zain powers Iraq’s digital future through customer-driven innovation, inclusion
TahawulTech
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August 13, 2025
Mohammed Samir, Chief Commercial Officer of Zain Iraq. Mohammed Samir outlines how his telecom brand is leveraging customer-centric innovation to power connectivity, digital inclusion and national progress in Iraq’s fast-evolving market. With more...
Tehran slams “US Meddling” in Iraq relations
Shafaq News
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2025-08-13T06:53:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Wednesday, Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad denounced what it called the United States’ meddling stance in a recent bilateral security agreement signed between Iran and...
What Can We Learn from Iraqi Christians 11 Years After ISIS’s Attack?
ADF International
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August 13, 2025
“What I saw in Qaraqosh was Christians deeply committed to rebuilding their lives and their communities after the horror of ISIS. Many churches had been renovated and restored, and one church that was over 1000 years old, but had been left in...
What Is Sherrone Moore’s Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Exploring His Family Roots and Background
Essentially Sports
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August 13, 2025
Sherrone Moore took the reins as Michigan’s head coach in 2024; it marked more than just a career milestone. Before pacing the Wolverines’ sideline, Moore’s football path was shaped in the trenches as an offensive guard at Oklahoma from 2006 to...
Baghdad: Risks of a gag law in the 'freedom of expression' bill
Asia News
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August 5, 2025
Parliament is discussing a bill that aims to regulate the right to protest and express dissent. Activists and NGOs fear that the text, which has not yet been made public, risks undermining personal and civil liberties in a country heading for...
Iraq’s water crisis deepens: Reserves collapse, mismanagement continues
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Iraq is spiraling deeper into a water crisis as climate extremes, state mismanagement, and declining river inflows from upstream neighbors threaten to push the country toward environmental and humanitarian breakdown. Water reserves,...
Mar del Plata Film Festival announces tributes and prize-winning films
Buenos Aires Herald
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August 26, 2025
The 2025 Mar del Plata Film Festival will mark the event’s 40th anniversary by honoring three local cinema figures and screening a slew of award-winning films from festivals like Cannes and Berlin, organizers announced on Monday. The festival, set...
Al-Anbar: An unfinished chapter in Iraq’s water story
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Thirst has become a daily reality in Iraq’s western province of al-Anbar. From al-Ankur and al-Majar to al-Rahaliyah and al-Rutba, communities are caught in a worsening water crisis shaped by climate extremes, upstream water controls,...
The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years
Vox
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August 13, 2025
Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-ridden president of the United States; we rented movies from Blockbuster and showed off our vast CD...
Is China Moving Into Position To Take Over Iraq’s Key Oil Project From The West?
Oil Price
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August 12, 2025
The Common Seawater Supply Project (CSSP) is the key to unlock massive gains in oil output from Iraq. Consequently, control over the project is pivotal to gaining control over the country’s enormous oil and gas resources. It is little wonder,...
Discover Iraq: Najaf, a city of dust and divinity
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Welcome to Najaf — not your typical vacation brochure kind of place. There's no beach, no breeze, and frankly, not much shade. But what it lacks in palm trees, it more than makes up for in spiritual weight and timeless atmosphere....
Israel, hit hard by Iran, to resume war against the Islamic nation soon as tensions simmer; Trump’s role crucial
The Economic Times
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August 13, 2025
Israel is widely expected to enter into another armed conflict with Iran before the end of the year, potentially as soon as late August, according to analysts following the region closely. Iran, anticipating a renewed Israeli offensive, appears...
These are the top 50 countries Arizona’s immigrants come from
The Copper Courier - Arizona
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August 12, 2025
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years.And while the...
Shrine to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, to open in Iraq
The Pillar
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August 11, 2025
A shrine to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, will open in the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, 11 years after the Christian population was temporarily driven out by ISIS. Fr. Benedict Kiely, the founder of Nasarean.org, presents the icon of Mary,...
I'm an Iraqi Christian and I can't return to my homeland anymore
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 12, 2025
By Jalil Dawood, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Saturday at the church of the ancient Mar Matta monastery of Saint Matthew in the village of Bashiqa, some 30km northeast of the northern Iraqi...
Viking-Age hoard reveals trade between England and the Islamic World
HeritageDaily
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August 12, 2025
A Viking-Age silver hoard unearthed in Bedale, North Yorkshire, is providing new insights into wealth and trading links between England and the Islamic World. First discovered in 2012 by a metal detectorist in a North Yorkshire field, the hoard...
Iraqi Kurds mobilise aid for Gazans being starved by Israel
The New Arab
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August 5, 2025
As Israel's genocide continues against civilians in the Gaza Strip, two main Kurdish charity organisations are actively collecting financial assistance from locals in the Kurdistan region and buying foodstuffs, medical aid. [Getty] People from the...
Army reservist says he was dropped from full-time role over posts on ICE agents, Israel
Task & Purpose
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August 26, 2025
A Reserve soldier has been kicked out of a full-time position with a Civil Affairs reserve unit in Florida after posting personal criticisms online of U.S. support for Israel and sharing information on an app that compiles the locations of ICE...
Israel seizes money in raid on West Bank currency exchange
The National News
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Dozens of people were injured in clashes in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as Israel's army raided a currency exchange it claimed was linked to Hamas. At least 58 people were injured during the raid on the West Bank's administrative capital...