Thu 10 April 2025: Israeli Air Force commanders threatened Wednesday to expel approximately 970 personnel — including pilots, officers and soldiers — if they do not withdraw their signatures from a letter demanding an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, local media reported. Israeli daily Haaretz reported that “about 970 aircrew members, some in active […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: More than half of all Americans hold unfavorable views of Israel, according to a recently published poll that comes as Israel resumes its sweeping offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, Anadolu news agency reported. In all, 53% of American adults express somewhat or very negative views of Israel, a sharp increase from the 42% […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: Microsoft is under scrutiny due to its alleged support of the Israeli military via its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services after the attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. Senior Microsoft employees protested the company’s services to Israel at its 50th anniversary party, including AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, which brought back to […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: New York once again claimed the throne as the planet’s richest urban hub, per the 2025 World’s Wealthiest Cities Report unveiled Tuesday by Henley & Partners alongside New World Wealth. With an impressive tally of 384,500 millionaires, 818 centi-millionaires, and 66 billionaires, the Big Apple continued to draw the world’s elite […]
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Tue 08 April 2025: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday rebuffed a proposal by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to relocate the people of Gaza to other countries, calling it a violation of international law, Anadolu Agency reports. In response to Anadolu’s question about their widely denounced plan, Guterres said: “Palestinians must […]
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Tue 08 April 2025: Saudi Arabia will temporarily suspend the issuance of short-term visas for citizens of 14 countries — including India, Pakistan, Egypt and Indonesia — from 13 April, in a bid to better manage the influx of travellers ahead of this year’s Hajj (pilgrimage) season. According to Gulf News, the freeze applies to business […]
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Tue 08 April 2025: A systematic disinformation campaign backed by influential people like Elon Musk is stoking a new fire in Syria as the country strives to emerge from the shadows of Assad’s notorious regime. Last month, colleagues and I gathered in Istanbul for a workshop titled ‘Syria: Religion in Revolution, War, and Displacement’. As […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: A team of lawyers in the UK plans to file a war crimes complaint today against 10 British citizens who took part in Israel’s war in Gaza, reports The Guardian. The complaint accuses the Britons of involvement in “indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas” and “coordinated attacks on protected sites including historic […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump administration, ten senior commanders and Iraqi officials have told Reuters. The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by US officials to the […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Monday, according to an Axios report Saturday confirmed by a US official, Anadolu reports. The meeting comes days after Donald Trump imposed 17% tariffs on Israeli goods amid escalating tensions over Gaza and Iran. The visit would mark the first direct […]
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