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30+ nations condemn Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ plan
Shafaq News
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2025-08-15T21:17:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East Thirty-one Arab and Islamic nations jointly denounced, on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments about “Greater Israel,” describing...
Camp Lemonnier puts resilience first, hosts Wellness Expo
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 8, 2025
Service members at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, were treated to a full spectrum of support July 1 during a Wellness Expo. The community-focused event was designed to promote mental, physical, and emotional resilience in a high-tempo deployed...
At Ethiopia’s Edge, Where Blistered Feet Rest and the Road H...
Modern Ghana
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Dewele, Ethiopia – In the dry borderlands near Dewele in eastern Ethiopia, the air hangs heavy with heat as trucks thunder past, ferrying goods across the eastern corridor. Amidst the dust, tired figures walk slowly beside the road, mostly young...
31 Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, OIC, GCC condemn so-called 'Greater Israel Vision'
The Peninsula
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August 16, 2025
Doha, Qatar: The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, and the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), condemned in the strongest terms the statements...
Anatomy of terror: Daesh expansion in Africa
Sabah
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August 15, 2025
In recent years, Africa has become one of the regions where Daesh is most active. Daesh factions are particularly active in West Africa, East Africa and the Sahel. A look at the 2025 Global Terrorism Index data reveals that the Sahel region stands...
Op-Ed: Old Presidents Continue to Hold on to Power as Africans Get Younger
OkayAfrica
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August 15, 2025
Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, is not ready to retire just yet. The 92-year-old is looking to return to office for an eighth term after Cameroon's presidential election in October, potentially adding seven more years to 43 years in...
Opinion: It looks like a Trump-Putin-Xi world, but it’s really Orwell’s
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Members of the media stand outside Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Vladimir Putin’s...
Has the Sun Finally Set on Françafrique?
Geopolitical Monitor
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August 15, 2025
At a ceremony held in Dakar this past July, France officially relinquished control of its two remaining military bases in Senegal, marking the end of the continuous French military presence in the West African state since it gained independence in...
First Caracal helicopters land in French Guiana bringing new capability to jungle operations
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the French Army on August 12, 2025, the French Guiana Armed Forces have taken delivery of their first two H225M Caracal helicopters, marking a decisive step in the long-awaited renewal of rotary-wing...
Red Sea death trap: Why so many migrants drown
Deutsche Welle
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August 7, 2025
At least 92 people drowned when a vessel they were using to cross the Bab al-Mandab Strait from Djibouti to Yemen sank. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said around 200 people were on board. Most of the deceased and missing are...
Isaias Misjudged Abiy: What Else Is New?
Eritrea Digest
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August 15, 2025
It’s clear now, even to the staunchest supporters of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, those who secretly exercise their freedom to think, that he exercised very poor judgement about Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. 1. In 2008, he, on...
beIN SPORTS To Broadcast All 380 LA LIGA Matches Live In UAE, Saudi And Across MENA For 2025/26 Season
Gulf Insider
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August 15, 2025
The 2025/26 LALIGA season kicks off on Friday, August 15 and beIN Sports has confirmed it will broadcast all 380 matches live and exclusive across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), reinforcing its status as the region’s home of Spanish...
beIN Sports remains home of La Liga across MENA region
The Peninsula
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August 15, 2025
DOHA: As another engrossing season of La Liga prepares to kick-off today, beIN Media Group (beIN), the global sports, entertainment, and media conglomerate, has revealed its live coverage plans, confirming itself the home of Spanish football...
Are Eritrea and Ethiopia already at war?
Pan African Review
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August 14, 2025
The Horn of Africa is once again on the edge, as is often the case whenever tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia rise. In such a context, it is important to assess how Eritrea’s threat-sensitive posture, Ethiopia’s ambitions for sea access,...
Why Special Detectives from South Africa are in Kenya
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 15, 2025
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has announced a strategic partnership with South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) as the two countries seek to intensify the fight against corruption across borders. In an official...
Mawani launches RSX1 service from Jeddah port
Port Technology International
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August 5, 2025
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the launch of the new shipping service RSX1, operated by GOODRICH, at Jeddah Islamic Port. Mawani reported that the RSX1 service connects Jeddah Islamic Port with three key regional and...
Richard Holtzapple assumes the duties as head of the OSCE Mission to BiH
N1 Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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In Washington, among other assignments, he headed the State Department’s Office for OSCE and NATO Affairs, as well as its Office for European Union Relations, and served on the faculty of the National Defence University, teaching Economics and...
beIn to broadcast all La Liga games live
Qatar Tribune
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August 15, 2025
As another engrossing season of La Liga prepares to kick-off on Friday night, beIN MEDIA GROUP (“beIN”), the global sports, entertainment, and media conglomerate, has revealed its live coverage plans, confirming itself the home of Spanish football...
The American Car Industry Can’t Go On Like This
The Atlantic
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August 14, 2025
Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley commuted in a car that wasn’t made by his own company. In an effort to scope out the competition, Farley spent six months driving around in a Xiaomi SU7. The Chinese-made electric sedan is one of the world’s most...
Roundup: Ethiopian experts hail China's ecological conservation, urge deeper cooperation
The Malaysian Star
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August 14, 2025
by Xinhua writers Habtamu Worku, Liu Fangqiang ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian experts have lauded China's extraordinary achievement in transforming from ecological fragility to environmental leadership, calling it a practical model for...