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The Neighbor From Hell
The Atlantic
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September 2, 2025
Shortly after the end of the Iran-Iraq War, the United States Institute of Peace held an event in Washington, D.C., to discuss the Middle East’s delicate prospects. Panelists suggested ever more intricate ways to give regional peace a chance,...
I tried to be an MP so I’ve seen the disease rotting politics from within
The Times
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It gives me no pleasure to say this but the modern Labour Party is institutionally dysfunctional, perhaps even institutionally corrupt. That isn’t to say that the other parties are morally pristine; it is to suggest that if you want to understand...
Israeli pledged allegiance to ISIS, plotted attack on security forces
Israel Hayom
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September 4, 2025
In a joint operation by the Shin Bet and the Police Crime Fighting Unit, authorities arrested Najib Dik, a 25-year-old resident of the Israeli-Arab city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, located in central Israel, for investigation based on ideological...
Israel launches new brazen assault on Syria amid escalating attacks
5Pillars
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August 29, 2025
Israeli military violations against Syria intensified on Friday, with warplanes flying over Quneitra and Daraa provinces and ground forces advancing deeper into Syrian territory, fuelling widespread alarm over the shadowy “Greater Israel” agenda....
Imran Khan’s desperation does not help him anymore
Dispatch News Desk Pakistan
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September 7, 2025
DND Report Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, infamous for repeatedly attacking the statehood of Pakistan, once again used his X handle to suggest that Pakistan should face a situation similar to 1971, when the country lost its eastern wing—what is...
Cost of Nauru deportation deal revealed in late-night inquiry as PM pressed on lack of detail
SBS
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Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a deal with the Pacific nation, a parliamentary committee has been told. The Albanese government signed a memorandum...
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...
Australia’s deportation deal with Nauru to cost $2.5b
Michael West Media
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September 3, 2025
Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a “secret” deal. The Albanese government signed a memorandum of understanding with Nauru, offering more than $400...
‘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...
'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...
Personnel File, September 10, 2025
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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September 3, 2025
Army Heritage Center Foundation John L. Gronski, Army Heritage Foundation (SUBMITTED) Scranton native retired Army Maj. Gen. John L. Gronski has joined the Carlisle-based foundation’s board of directors. Gronski is a veteran of the Iraq War,...
ISIS remains a global threat as it adapts, shows resilience: UN expert
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 25, 2025
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, August 25, 2025 A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March...
‘Not telling the truth’: Albanese accused of misleading parliament over secret ISIS brides plan
Sky News Australia
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September 4, 2025
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of failing to tell the truth about a secret government plan to bring ISIS brides back to Australia. Hundreds of women from western countries have left their homelands in...
Ayman Soliman, ex-hospital chaplain detained by ICE, given trial date for asylum case
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Ohio
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A former hospital chaplain detained by immigration authorities will have his asylum case trial begin in December. Ayman Soliman has been detained since July after his asylum status, granted in 2018, was revoked. The U.S. government alleges Soliman...
Winners of Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani Endowment Prize announced
The Peninsula
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September 3, 2025
Director of the Department of Research and Islamic Studies Sheikh Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Ghanem Al Thani addressing a press conference in Doha yesterday. Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has announced the winners of the...
Gaza as a twisted real estate opportunity
Winnipeg Free Press
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September 6, 2025
Opinion A motley band of greedy fantasists got together at the White House a week ago (Aug. 27) and came up with a cunning plan to bring peace to the Middle East while lining their own pockets at the same time. It was “leaked” within days, as it...
How’s life under the occupation?
The Westside Gazette - Florida
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September 3, 2025
By Kary Love The US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan as illegally as Putin invaded Ukraine, a bad place to begin “democracy building.” It taught its young troopers how to take over neighborhoods, conduct door-to-kicked-down-door searches and seizures...
When a CIA agent recruited a Sufi mystic to spy
The Print
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September 3, 2025
Hunkered down at a freezing mountain outpost on a wind-blasted ridge in northeastern Iraq, Tom Sylvester had recruited a Sufi sheikh and his tribe of flesh-piercing mystics to help America spy on Saddam. For once, at long last, the CIA had...
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...
Estonians lead Finland’s deportation statistics for criminal cases
Helsinki Times
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September 3, 2025
New figures from the Finnish Immigration Service show that Estonia leads the nationality breakdown of foreign nationals ordered to leave Finland due to criminal convictions this year. Between January and July 2025, Migri issued 136 deportation...