Sun 02 November 2025: Some 750 children have fled El-Fasher city in western Sudan without their families amid attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a local group said Saturday. In a statement, the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Coordination Committee said that over 36,000 people have escaped El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, due to escalating […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Cairo inaugurated the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, which Egypt hoped would honor the country’s rich heritage while revitalizing its struggling economy and tourism industry. According to a statement from the Egyptian presidency, global leaders—including monarchs and heads of state and government—attended the grand opening ceremony in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Israel has contracted three US public relations companies to help it win back American hearts and minds. Israel has contracted at least three public relations companies to bolster its image online and among the United States’ Christian right, filings under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show. According to US Department […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: UK police have detained two individuals after a train stabbing near Cambridgeshire in eastern England sent at least 10 people to the hospital. The British Transport Police, in a statement on X early on Sunday, said at least nine of the victims “are believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries”. “Ten people […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Amazon deliberately planned to keep the public unaware of the full extent of its data centers’ water use, according to a leaked internal document. Amazon, the world’s largest data center operator, is rapidly expanding its AI operations despite concerns about the water needed to cool its facilities. Although it has taken […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Allegation that Nigerian Christians face ‘existential threat’ seems to mirror contested claims by right-wing lawmakers. United States President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be placed on a watchlist for religious freedom, based on vague claims that Christians in the country are being “slaughtered” by Muslims. In a social media post on Friday, […]
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Sat 01 November: The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights group, praised a federal court’s decision to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from moving British journalist Sami Hamdi out of California while his legal case is ongoing. In the order, the Court stated that it […]
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Spirit by George Roux (1885). steeve-x-art/Alamy Stock Photo Sat 01 November 2025: When you think of a ghost, what comes to mind? A ghastly, mouldy winding-sheet? A malevolent pile of supernatural armour? Or a sinister gentleman in a stiff Victorian suit? In 1863 George Cruikshank, the caricaturist and illustrator of Dickens’s novels, announced a “discovery” […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: Sudanese people are being hunted down, humiliated and killed by RSF fighters, according to survivors and aid agencies. Starved and abused civilians have recounted harrowing stories after fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in western Sudan’s Darfur, while thousands more remain missing. The capital of North Darfur state was the last Sudanese army […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: The Maldives implemented a generational ban on tobacco Saturday, marking a historic milestone in its efforts to protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation, according to a statement from the Health Ministry. “The Generational Ban on Tobacco reflects the Government’s strong commitment to protecting young people from the harms of […]
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