ISRAELI MILITARY DOCTORS CALL FOR END TO GAZA WAR TO SECURE HOSTAGE RELEASE

Mon 14 April 2025: Two hundred Israeli military doctors have signed a petition demanding the return of hostages from Gaza, even if it means ending the ongoing war in the Palestinian enclave, according to a report Sunday by Israel’s Channel 13. “We, reserve doctors in the various units in the Israeli army, demand the immediate […]

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HEZBOLLAH RETREATS FROM MOST SOUTHERN LEBANON MILITARY BASES: REPORT

Sun 13 April 2025: The AFP news agency is reporting that most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have been placed under the Lebanese army’s control. The agency cited a source close to the Lebanese armed group. “Out of 265 Hezbollah military positions identified south of the Litani, the movement has ceded about […]

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CHINA ENGAGES WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND SOUTH AFRICA ON US TARIFFS; XI TO EMBARK ON THREE-NATION TOUR

Sat 12 April 2025: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States’ “reciprocal tariffs”, the Chinese ministry has said. The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation […]

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SAUDI ARABIA’S EMPTY QUARTER WAS ONCE COVERED BY A VAST LAKE, SAY RESEARCHERS

Sat 12 April 2025: A vast lake once covered part of Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ Al-Khali desert researchers have found, in a discovery that challenges conventional views of the Arabian Peninsula as eternally arid. The findings have been published in Communications Earth & Environment. They reveal that around 9,000 years ago, a 1,100km² lake — comparable in […]

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ISRAELI SOLDIERS SIGN NEW PETITION DEMANDING PRISONER SWAP, END OF WAR IN GAZA

Sat 12 April 2025: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers signed a new petition Friday demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal and end the war on the Gaza Strip. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the soldiers who signed the letter are from different divisions and specialties in the army, including intelligence unit 8200, special forces […]

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RABBIS ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THE ISRAELI ARMY INSTEAD OF GENERALS

Fri 11 April 2025: Amid a rising wave of religious influence in Israeli political and party circles — driven by the ruling right-wing coalition —Jewish Torah-based organisations have become the largest source of donations to Israeli soldiers on military bases. These donations primarily consist of religious texts, including the Torah and the Talmud, highlighting the […]

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SAUDI DISCOVERS 14 NEW OIL AND GAS FIELDS AND RESERVOIRS

Fri 11  April 2025: Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman announced yesterday that the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, has made 14 new discoveries of Arabian oil and natural gas fields and reservoirs in the Eastern Province and the Empty Quarter. These discoveries include six oil fields, two oil reservoirs, two natural gas […]

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ISRAEL ESTIMATES ‘ONLY A QUARTER OF HAMAS TUNNELS DESTROYED’ SINCE ONSET OF GAZA WAR

Fri 11 April 2025: Only a quarter of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip have reportedly been destroyed by Israel since the beginning of the war on the Palestinian enclave in October 2023, according to a report. According to officials speaking to Israeli outlet Mako, despite more than 18 months of onslaught on the Gaza […]

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