As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their artistic heritage.
Once iconic figures of…
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‘A new wave of repression’: fears for Iran’s political prisoners after Israel war | Iran
Life for Reza Khandan has only got worse since Tehran’s Evin prison, where he was an inmate, was hit by an Israeli airstrike on 23 June. The next night, the 60-year-old human rights activist – who was arrested in 2024 for his support of the…
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What does it take to make a nuclear weapon? – podcast | Science
In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is permitted for ‘peaceful energy’ purposes. It is the latest development in an escalation of tensions over…
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Turkey arrests journalists over alleged cartoon of Prophet Muhammad
Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad – a sacred religious figure whose depiction is forbidden in Islam.
Turkey’s interior minister Ali Yerlikaya…
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Iraq’s Kirkuk Airport comes under attack
Local sources in Iraq early on Tuesday reported that several explosions were heard in Kirkuk.
Two rockets hit the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq, injuring two personnel, India Today reported.
A third rocket struck a house…
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Why is Prada caught in a sandal scandal in India? | Fashion Industry News
New Delhi, India — When models sashayed down the ramp at Milan Fashion Week last week, Harish Kurade looked at them on his smartphone in awe, sitting in his village in southern Maharashtra state, more than 7,000km (4,350 miles) away.
Models…
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This virus infects millions—and we just discovered its secret weapon
New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today (June 30) in Nature Microbiology, reveals an opportunity for developing a therapy against cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading…
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Pakistan won’t remain silent if US, Israel target Iran Leader
Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, a member of the Pakistani Senate, described Ayatollah Khamenei as a religious leader and a Marja (religious authority), who is also a political leader.
Religious authorities issued a fatwa (religious decree) that…
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Iranian nation will stand against any bullying
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has recalled that Ashura and Tasu’a are symbols of honor, sacrifice, resistance, and defense against oppression and injustice for Iran, and said that the Iranian nation stands against any kind of…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,223 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Here is how things stand on Tuesday, July 1:
Fighting
- The Russian-installed governor of the occupied Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, Leonid Pasechnik, said that Russian troops are now in full control of the entire region.
- If confirmed, that…
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