Wed 31 December 2025: Iran’s prosecutor-general said on Wednesday that economic protests that had gripped the country were legitimate, but any attempt to create insecurity would be met with a “decisive response”. “Peaceful livelihood protests are part of social and understandable realities,” Mohammad Movahedi-Azad told state media. “Any attempt to turn economic protests into a […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Israel’s population growth fell below 1 percent in 2025, marking the first time since the country’s establishment in 1948 that annual growth has dropped so low, a new study by the Taub Center for Social Studies in Israel showed. According to the study, the population grew by roughly 101,000 people, or about […]
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Wed 31 December 2025: Newly released government files suggest former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair put pressure on officials to prevent British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees from being tried in civil courts, according to reports by British media on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The documents, released to the National Archives at Kew, west London, reveal that […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: Despite the horrors of a two-year genocidal war that killed more than 71,000 people, tech billionaire Elon Musk accepted an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Israel. A statement by Netanyahu’s office said the premier met with Musk and invited him to participate in a Smart Transportation Conference […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that the government is prioritizing economic reforms as well as dialogue with protesters, emphasizing that the livelihood of ordinary citizens remains his daily concern. “The livelihood of the people is my daily concern. We have fundamental actions on the agenda to reform the monetary and […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Tuesday launched a “limited” airstrike targeting two ships at the Mukalla port in Yemen. In remarks reported by the Saudi Press Agency, Coalition Forces spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said two vessels arriving from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) port of Fujairah entered the port […]
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Tue 30 December 2025: On Tuesday, Yemen declared the termination of its joint defense pact with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and demanded the immediate withdrawal of all Emirati troops within 24 hours, in response to Abu Dhabi’s delivery of an arms shipment to forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in southern Yemen. “All […]
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Mon 29 December 2025: On December 29, 2025, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, announced a new spokesperson and officially acknowledged the killing of the previous one in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in August. During a pre-recorded video statement broadcast on Arab outlets, the successor—who has adopted the same nom de […]
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Mon 29 December 2025: As suicide attempts surge and tens of thousands seek psychological help, psychologists say that the Israeli army is breaking under the moral and emotional toll of the Gaza genocide, and those burdens will shape Israeli society for generations. Twenty-six months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, a quieter breakdown is unfolding inside […]
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Mon 29 December 2025: At least 235,000 people have been affected by a “man-made” crisis in Gaza after low-pressure weather systems hit the war-ravaged enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Monday. “Months of war and displacement forced people in Gaza to live amid collapsing ruins in makeshift shelters or in flimsy tents,” UNRWA […]
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