BEIRUT—With a sharply worded warning, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem cautioned the Lebanese authorities and Banque du Liban (BDL) against taking any step that would constrict Al-Qard Al-Hassan institute, describing it as nothing…
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Cloudflare outage cripples X, ChatGPT and swaths of the internet in latest infrastructure failure
A significant technical disruption at Cloudflare, the critical internet infrastructure firm responsible for speeding up and securing an estimated 20% of the world’s websites, triggered a major global outage on Tuesday, rendering high-profile…
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UK’s Labour slammed for scapegoating migrants in Danish-inspired asylum crackdown
Britain’s Labour government on Monday unveiled its most sweeping asylum reforms in generations, shifting refugee status from a five-year path to permanent settlement to a precarious temporary permit reviewed every 30 months and revocable if…
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4 Zionists killed, injured in an operation in West Bank
Four Zionists were wounded, one succumbing to his wounds later, in an attack in the West Bank’s Gush Etzion, according to local media, including the Haaretz.
Israeli medics said a man in his 30s was killed in what reports say was a stabbing…
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Maduro ‘ready to talk face to face’ as US pressure mounts
Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online
‘Face to face’: Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro open to US talks Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has said that he is willing to hold face-to-face talks with representatives of the…
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Two Ukrainians working for Russia behind rail sabotage, Polish PM says
Two Ukrainian citizens who have long worked for Russian intelligence have been identified as the suspects behind two act of sabotage on Poland’s rail network, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.
One of the two suspects had already been…
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US to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia, Trump says ahead of crown prince’s visit
The US will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump told reporters ahead of a White House meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“We will be doing that. We will be selling F-35 jets,” Trump said. “They’ve been…
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At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says
At least 94 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have died in Israeli custody in less than two years, a well-regarded Israeli human rights group says.
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges a practice of “systematic…
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South Africa calls Palestinian refugee flight a ‘clearly orchestrated operation’
South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said Monday that the arrival in Johannesburg last week of a plane carrying Palestinian refugees was a “clearly orchestrated operation” to displace Palestinians, Anadolu reported Tuesday.
The flight…
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Britain introduces sweeping asylum policy changes
Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, LondonThe UK government has unveiled what it calls the most significant overhaul of asylum rules in modern times. Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood…
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