Thu 01 May 2025: In 1948, as the foundations of the Israeli state were being laid upon the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI), condemning the growing Zionist militancy within the settler Jewish community. “When a real and final […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: Veteran Malaysian statesman and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged the world on Wednesday to “rise” above the “fear” of the US to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip. “We fear America. But we must rise above our fears. There are ways to stop the killing,” Mahathir wrote on X, adding US support for Israel prevents nations […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: Iran will hold nuclear talks in Rome on Friday with Britain, France and Germany, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday. The aim, Reuters has reported, is to improve strained ties at a time of high-stakes nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington. The meeting will precede a fourth round of nuclear talks this […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to use artificial intelligence (AI) to write and regulate laws in the Gulf state, in the first such decision to be taken by a nation in the international community. Last week, ministers in the UAE approved the creation of the Office of Regulatory Intelligence, […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: Damascus has turned down a US proposal to join the Abraham Accords and has instead called for expanded dialogue with Washington on the issue of foreign fighters in Syria, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported. According to details revealed by Syria TV, the Syrian government has formally responded to a set of conditions laid out by the […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: At least 65% of Palestinians killed in Israel’s ongoing military offensive on Gaza are women, children, and the elderly, according to Gaza local authorities on Sunday. In a statement, the Gaza-based Government Media Office confirmed that the Israeli forces have killed over 18,000 children and 12,400 women since Oct. 7, 2023, […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to settle Syria’s outstanding arrears of around $15 million to the World Bank, both countries said in a joint statement, paving the way for the approval of millions of dollars in grants for reconstruction and to support the country’s paralysed public sector, Reuters reports. Reuters was first […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Public hearings started on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to examine Israel’s obligations in connection with its activities in the occupied Palestinian territory. The hearings will address a request for an advisory opinion on “the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: An explosion that rocked the Shahid Rajaee Port in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday may have been caused by the ignition of solid missile fuel, the New York Times reported. The paper quoted informed sources as saying that sodium perchlorate, a key component of solid missile fuel, was the substance […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Egyptian authorities have demolished the historic Mahmoud Pasha al-Falaky Mosque and are accelerating the destruction of Old Cairo’s cemeteries under the banner of urban development—sparking outrage among heritage advocates and locals. According to Mada Masr, in the early hours last Wednesday, bulldozers flattened the mosque’s dome and minaret, part of the 19th-century funerary complex […]
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