NEW POLL SHOWS DECLINING TRUST IN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, ARMY

Mon 04 August 2025: An opinion poll on Sunday revealed a sharp decline in public trust in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his government, and the army, Anadolu reports. A survey by the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv-based research institution, showed that 76% of Israelis have lost trust in Netanyahu’s government, which has been […]

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5 YEARS AFTER BEIRUT PORT BLAST, LEBANON’S PRESIDENT VOWS JUSTICE ‘WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS’

Mon 04 August 2025: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun vowed Monday to apply justice as he marked the 5th anniversary of the Beirut port explosion. In a statement shared by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun described the Aug. 4, 2020 blast – one of the world’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions – as “a major crime […]

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SHARE OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ‘THRIVING’ HITS NEW HIGH, SURVEY SAYS

Sun 03 August 2025: More people globally report living closer to their ‘best possible life’, Gallup says.  People across the globe are living better lives and expressing more hope for the future, with the share of those “thriving” hitting a record high, a survey has found. Across 142 countries last year, a median of 33 percent of […]

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HAMAS RULES OUT GIVING UP ARMS UNLESS ‘INDEPENDENT, SOVEREIGN’ PALESTINIAN STATE ESTABLISHED

Sun 03 August 2025: The Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Saturday it will not give up its arms unless an “independent, fully sovereign” Palestinian state is established. The statement came following reports by the Israeli daily Haaretz citing a recording attributed to US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff: “Hamas has said that they are prepared […]

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CHILDREN IN GAZA DYING AT ‘AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE’: UNICEF

Sat 02 August 2025: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday urged the international community to act swiftly to prevent the mass death of children in the Gaza Strip, where conditions continue to deteriorate amid Israel’s ongoing war, Anadolu reports. “Today, I want to keep the focus on Gaza, because it’s in Gaza where the suffering is […]

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TRUMP ORDERS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO REPOSITION AMID WAR OF WORDS WITH RUSSIA

Sat 02 August 2025: The US president has been exchanging barbs with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev, who warned of ‘how dangerous’ Russia can be. United States President Donald Trump has ordered two nuclear submarines to shift their locations relative to Russia, as part of his latest tit-for-tat with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev. On Friday, Trump […]

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