Sat 18 July 2026: Iran has suspended its obligations under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed with the United States last month, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Saturday. Meanwhile, Iran’s health ministry reported that U.S. strikes since June 27 have resulted in 50 deaths and over 500 injuries. Speaking to Iranian state television, Gharibabadi said the U.S. had […]
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Sat 18 July 2026: History is not so much past as vigorously present, often a scab to be irritated in fitful anger, or a romantic affectation to be cherished. When it comes to controlling trade and establishing new routes, this is particularly apt. The Hejaz Railway project, seemingly long past, is now being dusted down. […]
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Fri 17 July 2026: According to five sources familiar with the discussions, Pakistan has been in talks with Kuwait to broaden their defence agreement in return for cooperation in energy and investment, Reuters reported. The talks remain at an early stage, all the sources said, and could still be complicated by heightened tensions between the […]
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Fri 17 July 2026: Israel has taken a legal step toward implementing a controversial proposal by extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to surround prisons holding Palestinian detainees with crocodile-filled moats, Hebrew media reports said Thursday. Israel’s Channel 7 said Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman signed an order reclassifying crocodiles as “managed wild animals,” allowing […]
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Fri 17 July 2026: Israel continues to kill children in Gaza as a “matter of routine,” with 274 children killed since the Oct. 10 ceasefire took effect, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Friday. The newspaper said the figure means an average of one child has been killed each day since the ceasefire began. It added that […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Gold fell below $4,000 per ounce on Thursday, while silver posted a sharper decline, as escalating attacks in the Middle East drove oil prices higher and revived concerns over inflation and the outlook for US interest rates. Gold was last down 1.9% to $3,983 as of 1310GMT, slipping below the psychologically […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Syrian authorities thwarted an attempted weapons smuggling on its border with Iraq, reportedly heading to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, state media said Thursday. The truck that was seized was carrying advanced weapons and rockets, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency quoted an unnamed Interior Ministry official as saying. A […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Syrian authorities have arrested a former officer they say was a chemical weapons specialist in charge of sarin gas depots and chemical weapons manufacturing in the regime of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. The Interior Ministry named him on Wednesday as former colonel Ahmed Habib Ali, calling him “a chemical weapons […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: US Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that disgraced late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “seemed to be connected” to elements of the “Israeli deep state” as well as the “highest levels of American intelligence,” while also acknowledging the Trump administration mishandled its response to the case. Asked on “The Joe Rogan […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday froze the implementation of a newly passed law that bars the arrest of ultra-Orthodox Jews who evade mandatory military service, one day after the legislation was approved by the Knesset. The temporary order means the law will not take effect until the court issues a further […]
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