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Trump’s veterans West LA plan has gained support
Gulf Today
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September 6, 2025
President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a National Center for Warrior Independence to house thousands of veterans in West Los Angeles has gained widespread support, including among his political opposition. But as a deadline...
NCCAL launches 8th Arab Children’s Theater Festival
Kuwait Times
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September 3, 2025
KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) inaugurated the 8th Arab Children’s Theater Festival on Monday with a special opening show titled “Stop”, featuring glimpses of international tales and iconic stories that have...
How Israeli-US war killed the last traces of Iranian expat opposition
Middle East Eye
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September 5, 2025
Ever since US President Donald Trump dubbed the June Israeli-American military strikes against Iran “the 12-day war”, the phrase has been widely used to mark this international act of global terrorism by two nuclear powers. It is, however, a...
Small car wash in Wales was front for migrant smuggling into Europe
NorthWalesLive
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September 6, 2025
Video footage has been released showing migrants being smuggled into Europe by lorry and boat with help from a people-trafficking operation based at a South Wales car wash. One migrant can be seen lying in the back of a lorry while others are on...
Syria Kurds say they thwarted escape bid from camp for IS families
Yahoo News
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Syrian Kurdish forces said Wednesday they thwarted an escape attempt by more than 50 inmates of Al-Hol camp, which holds people suspected of ties to the Islamic State (IS) group. Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have run camps hosting...
Why The US Navy Shot Down A Passenger Jet
Grunge
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September 2, 2025
On July 3, 1988, during the waning days of the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. Navy cruiser Vincennes was patrolling the Persian Gulf to protect shipping when it fired on an Iranian aircraft. As immediately became clear, the plane that the Vincennes had...
First minority conference in the Middle East kicks off in Tel Aviv
Israel Today
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September 5, 2025
On October 27, a historically significant event will take place in Tel Aviv: For the first time, a major conference on “The Future of Minorities in the Middle East” will be held. The initiator and host is Middle East expert and Israel Today...
What we learned from Hurricane Katrina
Baptist News Global
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August 29, 2025
“We weren’t refugees. We were Americans. But to the world, we were treated like we didn’t belong.” — Ricky Fountain, Katrina survivor now living in Arkansas Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina did more than flood a city; it revealed...
Is it possible to repair America’s brand?
Washington Examiner
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September 6, 2025
In the wake of the summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Russian forces have renewed their war of extinction against Ukraine.Russian forces direct their drones and missile strikes at civilian targets without consequence....
Top 10 countries UK tourists mostly avoid because they 'speak little English'
Wales Online
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September 6, 2025
Experts looked at the countries where locals can't master the English language as Brits reconsider their travel plans British holidaymakers often avoid countries with the poorest English proficiency in the world. A study by language school EF...
'Courage to Create': Holter offers healing arts program to veterans, active military
Independent Record - Montana
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The first brush stroke of paint across a canvas. The first click of the camera shutter. The first pinch of clay between one’s fingers. There is always a certain boldness required to express oneself authentically and uniquely through artistic...
US military in Shannon Airport: 'I realise the futility of it, but what else can I do?'
Irish Examiner
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September 6, 2025
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake” — James Joyce, Ulysses.Martin Roper arrived in New York on September 10, 2001. A Fulbright scholar, he had left Dublin seven years earlier to study at the prestigious Iowa University in the...
UAE schools tighten rules on student medication
Gulf News
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Abu Dhabi: Public and private schools across the UAE have introduced strict guidelines for administering medication to students with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and other long-term illnesses. School administrations...
The Price of Belonging: Passports, Power, and the Peril of Monetizing Citizenship
Realnews Magazine
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September 6, 2025
Africa By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between...
A Child’s Mind in the Oval Office
The National Herald
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September 6, 2025
A friend recently wrote an article arguing that Donald Trump’s greatness lies in his “child’s mind” – a mind unburdened by cynicism or complexity, able to cut through problems with refreshing clarity. He pointed to Trump’s federal takeover of...
Historic al Nuri mosque reopens eight years after it was destroyed by IS
Sky News
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September 1, 2025
The historic al Nuri mosque has been reopened in the heart of Mosul's Old City in Iraq, eight years after it was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants. The mosque was where then-IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi declared the so-called "caliphate"...
Romance in stone and song: Cave Café enchants Al-Sulaymaniyah
Shafaq News
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2025-09-03T18:29:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah Across Al-Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where rugged mountains cradle caves that carry centuries of memory, a new venture is turning this...
‘History will not forgive delay in ending the Gaza tragedy’: Araghchi
Tehran Times
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August 25, 2025
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asked Muslim leaders on Monday to take decisive action to put an end to Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza, warning that the region may never be able to stand against Israeli violence if it...
HRC elections 2025: As civil society demands an effective and responsive Council, candidates share their pledges
International Service for Human Rights
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September 5, 2025
On 4 September, State candidates to the Human Rights Council (HRC) joined an online event during which they were asked to outline their commitments and plans, should they be elected. Of 14 candidates, 9 were represented at the event: Chile,...
The Most Powerful Tank in the Middle East: Turkey Begins License Production of South Korean K2s
Military Watch
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September 6, 2025
Following several years of delays, the license serial production of South Korean K2 main battle tanks in Turkey, and specifically the heavily customised local Altay variant,officially commenced on September 5. Produced by the local automobile...