Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein’s regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.
Published On 12 Dec 2025
Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on course…
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Salah admired from afar in his Egypt home village as club tensions swirl
In the Nile Delta village of Nagrig, residents love local son Mohamed Salah from a distance, with ructions between the Egyptian super striker and long-time English club Liverpool doing little to dim his lustre at home.
“Thanks to him I can dream,”…
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UN migration agency – Middle East Monitor
Storm Byron, a severe weather system that caused flooding in Greece and the island of Cyprus before reaching Gaza earlier this week, has now made landfall, flooding multiple displacement sites and placing nearly 795,000 displaced Palestinians at…
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say
AFP via Getty ImagesIranian security forces have “violently arrested” Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her foundation has said.
The Narges Foundation said her brother confirmed Ms Mohammadi was detained in…
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Rights lawyer’s memorial turns into pro-monarchy rally in Iran’s holiest city
Six years ago, on a cold, rainy November night, the price of gasoline in Iran tripled at midnight. By morning, the streets were burning. The state would later compress that nationwide protests into a bureaucratic phrase, “the gasoline…
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Israeli Regime Admits It Exaggerated Damage to Iran’s Missile Capability
Why it matters:
It indicates Iran’s missile program not only remained intact but, according to Israeli intelligence, has resumed high‑speed production.
The big picture:
The Times of Israel reports that Iran still…
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Iranian Noble Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Arrested
Iran’s 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been arrested, along with several other human rights activists during a memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
According to the Narges Mohammadi Foundation, the arrest…
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Erdogan tells Putin Turkey can host Ukraine peace talks again
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is “closely” following peace talks to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, adding that Ankara can host the peace talks, in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the…
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U.S. actions, not Iran’s behavior, triggered nuclear standoff: Chinese analyst
TEHRAN – On the sidelines of the Conference on “People’s Rights and Legitimate Freedoms in the Thoughts of Ayatollah Khamenei,” the Tehran Times spoke with Professor Jin Liangxiang, a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Institute for…
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Barham Salih slated to become first Kurd and Iraqi to lead UNHCR
Barham Salih — former Iraqi president of Iraq and widely respected politician in Washington — has been formally nominated to become the next UN high commissioner for refugees.
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