Mon 18 August 2025: Israel’s military is weighing a plan to enlist young Jewish people from abroad to offset what officials describe as a severe shortage of soldiers, Army Radio has reported. The move comes as the military struggles with a shortfall of 10,000 to 12,000 troops, driven largely by the refusal of ultra-Orthodox Jews, […]
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Mon 18 August 2025: Europe’s weapons factories are expanding at three times the rate of peacetime, stretching over seven mln square metres, the Financial Times reported, citing radar satellite data. According to the newspaper, European weapons production facilities jumped from 790,000 square metres in 2020-2021 to 2.8 mln square metres in 2024-2025. “Among the sites […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel on Sunday, calling for an end to the war on Gaza and a deal to release captives still held by Hamas, as the military prepares a new offensive. The protests come more than a week after Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City, following 22 months […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Mass riots took place late on Saturday night in a number of cities in Serbia, rioters attacked police officers, set fire to and destroyed offices of government agencies and political parties, Reuters reported quoting Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. According to the minister, the most complicated situation has been reported in the […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000. Healthcare providers in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) treated more than 17,000 victims of sexual violence over just five months last year, according to a United […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Three Republican-led US states said Saturday that they would send hundreds of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as part of a federal effort to crack down on crime and homelessness. West Virginia announced plans to send 300-400 personnel to Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump deployed 800 members of […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal has said the kingdom cannot normalise relations with a war criminal obsessed with mass killings, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with CNN, he was asked about normalising ties with Israel. He replied: “How can anybody expect Saudi Arabia to normalise […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: The Israeli military announced on Saturday that, starting Sunday, Gaza residents will receive tents and shelter supplies to facilitate their relocation from combat areas to designated “safe” zones in the southern part of the enclave, Reuters reported. This comes days after Israel said it intended to launch a new offensive to […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: PBS in the US is reducing its budget by 21% due to federal funding cuts, according to CBS News. The PBS board approved the cut on Wednesday, also lowering member station dues by $35 million. This will likely decrease PBS’s revenue from local stations, many of which are grappling with their […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Palestine on Friday warned of an “unprecedented” Israeli assault on churches in the territory as part of a “systematic campaign to eradicate Christian presence,” Anadolu reports. The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to “an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land, led by a direct attack on […]
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