Fri 13 March 2026: Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) have today welcomed the recent joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Turkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar condemning Israel’s closure of Masjid Al-Aqsa. The organisation, however, pointed out that while these concerns are important, they are obliged to emphasise that statements […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: New observations indicate that asteroid 2024 YR4 will not collide with the moon, easing concerns by astronomers, according to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Planetary Defence team. The asteroid, 53-67 meters (174-220 feet), that was detected in December 2024, initially drew attention after early calculations suggested a 3.1% probability of hitting […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was not interested in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, brushing aside questions about whether the military campaign against Iran might affect his chances of receiving the award. “I don’t know. I’m not interested in it,” Trump told the Washington Examiner, adding that the prize […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a brief official visit, a day after holding a phone call with the Iranian president, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, state media reported. During the visit, Sharif will hold a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: The UN warned on Thursday that more than 4.1 million people have been internally displaced across the Middle East since the beginning of the current military escalation, with humanitarian needs growing rapidly in several countries. Highlighting that “the region is home to some of the largest numbers of people in need […]
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Thu 12 March 2026: Senegal’s parliament approved a law increasing penalties for same-sex acts to up to 10 years in prison & criminalizing promotion of homosexuality, fulfilling a campaign pledge by the government. Senegal’s parliament has approved new legislation significantly strengthening criminal penalties related to same-sex relations, marking a major legal shift under the government […]
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Thu 12 March 2026: Russia is reportedly sharing drone warfare tactics learned in Ukraine with Iran, potentially boosting Tehran’s ability to target US and Gulf interests in the Middle East, according to a Western intelligence official cited by CNN. Russia is reportedly assisting Iran with advanced drone tactics developed during its war in Ukraine, potentially […]
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Thu 12 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ One loaf, one vote? In a video circulating on social media, party volunteers can be seen with a tray of loaves of bread and handing them out to the community. One of the volunteers can be heard saying: We are here from […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Over the decades, technological devices have been gradually integrated into language learning, as is recently the case with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Does the sophistication of these tools eventually render pencils and pens obsolete? Or can digital uses be combined with manual writing? How does writing keep its value for the […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, roughly 30 km off Iran’s coast in Bushehr province, is far more significant than its size suggests. The 20-square-kilometre island functions as Iran’s principal oil export terminal and handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports. It collects oil coming by pipeline from Iran’s […]
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