New York City, the US: Swinging around a tree mimicking the signature open-arm lean of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, Zohran Mamdani asks, “Hey! Have you ever voted before?” An enthusiastic group of Hindi/Urdu-speaking New Yorkers respond:…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Marathon record-holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended for positive doping test | Athletics News
Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit suspend Ruth Chepngetich after record marathon runner’s positive doping test.
Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.
Track…
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Slovenia declares two Israeli ministers persona non grata
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia declared two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, persona non grata on Thursday, the first European Union country to do so, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said.
The government…
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Spies and SAS troops among UK nationals’ details in Afghan leak, BBC says
LONDON (Reuters) -Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media…
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France withdraws from its last military bases in Senegal | Military
NewsFeed France has handed over its two remaining military bases in Senegal, ending its 65-year presence in the African country. A departure ceremony was held in Dakar for the final contingent of around 350 French soldiers.
Published On 17 Jul 2025
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Barcelona talks with DR Congo leaked ahead of new sponsorship deal | Football News
Barcelona reportedly in talks with DR Congo over football sponsorship deal with war-hit central African country.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has agreed to pay more than $46.37m in a sponsorship deal with Spanish football club…
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Uber to invest in $300m in EV maker Lucid amid robotaxi deal | Automotive Industry News
Uber will invest $300m in electric vehicle maker Lucid in a robotaxi deal that aims to start with one major US city late next year.
The two companies announced the new partnership on Thursday.
Over six years starting in 2026, Uber will acquire…
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Israeli opposition leader decries attacks on Syrian capital as ‘relentless behaviour’ – Middle East Monitor
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Thursday denounced Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, Damascus, as “reckless behavior,” Anadolu reports.
“Attacking the Presidential Palace in Damascus undermines…
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Slovenia bars two far-right Israeli ministers
Slovenia announced on Thursday that it would ban two far-right Israeli ministers from entering in what authorities said was a first in the European Union.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will be…
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‘Like a dream’: Druze reunited across Golan Heights buffer zone
Dozens of Druze crowded the Israeli-controlled side of the armistice line in the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of relatives on the Syrian-held side who might try to cross the barbed-wire frontier.
Young men drove…
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