Russia, on Thursday, suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Israel’s water war
Pinch Point looks at how Israel uses water as a strategic aim and a weapon of war.
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Could Trump invoke Insurrection Act – and what powers would that give him? | Donald Trump News
Social media posts have warned for more than a month that President Donald Trump would declare martial law on April 20, which typically means suspending civil law while the military takes control of civilian functions such as courts.
But many of…
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Russia’s Supreme Court suspends ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban | Taliban News
The group that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 is removed from Russia’s list of banned ‘terror’ organisations.
Russia’s Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than 20 years as “a…
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Iraq Premier accepts Turkiye invite to visit Ankara next month – Middle East Monitor
Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, welcomed a Turkish invitation on Thursday to visit Ankara to attend a meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council in May, Anadolu Agency reports.
A…
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Two years into Sudan’s war, where is its civil society? | Sudan war News
When Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over most of the country’s capital Khartoum in the early days of the war, the youth-led civil society initiative Hadhreen kept its food kitchens – a vital lifeline for those in need…
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Israel vows to continue blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has reaffirmed that Israel will continue to block the entry of critical humanitarian supplies such as food, medicine, fuel and cooking oil into Gaza, despite mounting…
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Hamas – Middle East Monitor
Hamas accused Israel on Thursday of using starvation as a “weapon of war” after Defence Minister, Israel Katz, acknowledged that Tel Aviv was blocking food and aid into the enclave to pressure the Resistance…
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Trust gap widens ahead of next US-Iran nuclear talks
With distrust running high on both sides, will this next round of negotiations be the last?
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Libyans grapple with fresh currency devaluation
Already worn down by years of political turmoil and economic hardships, Libyans are now facing a sharp deterioration in their purchasing power after a sudden devaluation of the Libyan dinar.
Experts have said the national currency’s exchange rate…
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