Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and air attacks across Ukraine, killing at least four people, officials say, a day after United States President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Thousands visit Pope Francis tomb in Rome day after funeral | Religion News
The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.
Thousands of mourners have gathered in Rome to pay their respects at the tomb of Pope Francis, a day after his funeral drew…
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Muhammad Yunus: Real reform or just a new ruling class in Bangladesh? | Elections
The chief adviser of the interim government discusses whether it represents true change or replaces one elite with another.
Is Bangladesh heading towards real reform or just trading one elite for another? Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize laureate…
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MotoGP Spain: Alex Marquez wins first Grand Prix after brother Marc crashes | Motorsports News
Alex Marquez claims the first MotoGP win of his career and retakes the lead from his brother in the riders world championship.
Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez has claimed his first MotoGP race victory at the Spanish Grand Prix to snatch the…
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Israeli army extends compulsory military service by 4 months amid manpower shortage – Middle East Monitor
The Israeli army extended compulsory military service by four months amid a manpower shortage, local media said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
According to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, soldiers will serve an additional…
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Pope Francis “crossed the walls of division” | Al Jazeera
Rev. Munther Isaac of Bethlehem’s Christmas Lutheran Church reflects on Pope Francis’s legacy & global impact on the oppressed.
Reverend Munther Isaac, who leads the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, offers his thoughts on the death of…
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Car drives into Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu street festival crowd: What we know | Crime News
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Suspect arrested after vehicle rams into crowd at the Philippine street festival in Canada, killing nine people.
Police in Canada have ruled out “terrorism” as a motive for a deadly car ramming at a street festival in Vancouver.
At…
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Discrimination against Muslims “normalised” in the Netherlands | Al Jazeera
Rabin Baldewsingh, the Netherlands’ anti-discrimination coordinator, discusses the normalisation of Islamophobia.
Rabin Baldewsingh, the national coordinator against discrimination and racism in the Netherlands, talks about the normalisation of…
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Who is Hussein al-Sheikh, the new deputy to PLO’s Abbas? | PLO News
The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.
Fatah veteran Hussein al-Sheikh has been appointed deputy chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
This…
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Scoring goals: Women’s football in Egypt on the rise | Football News
Every time Amira Mohamed stepped onto the pitch, it was never just a game. For her, and hundreds of Egyptian female footballers, the field was a battlefield – not one against opponents, but against generational scepticism.
“It wasn’t always…
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