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Syria’s Future Hangs in Balance Amid Sweida Violence and Israeli Strikes
teleSUR
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A sudden eruption of violence in Syria’s southern province of Sweida has triggered a complex and escalating crisis, exposing the deep fragility of Syria’s stability just six months after the collapse of the previous government and sending...
Roundup: Mideast countries condemn Israeli military intervention in Syria's clashes
Xinhua News Agency
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CAIRO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Several Middle Eastern countries on Tuesday condemned Israel's military intervention in the clashes in Syria's southern province of Sweida among local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and the interim government's...
Ambassador of Belarus S.Terentiev meets the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt for European Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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15 July 2025 On July 13, 2025, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sergei Terentiev, met with the Deputy Minister...
Ohio mosque worshippers reel after imam is detained by Ice: ‘No one is ever truly safe’
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
A week after the detention of their imam, Egyptian-born Ayman Soliman, worshippers at the Clifton mosque in Cincinnati, Ohio, are still in shock. Soliman was detained on 9 July while attending a regular check-in with Immigration and Customs...
Palm raises over $1 million pre-seed to help Egyptians save and invest for life goals
MENAbytes
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July 15, 2025
Palm, an Egyptian fintech focused on goal-based saving, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Plus VC and a group of international angels, it announced today. The exact size of the round was...
Reader’s Voice: Foreign government money in the U.S.
The Voice - Illinois
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July 16, 2025
July 13, 2025 Dear editor; This submission concerns money received from foreign governments in the U.S.. One year ago, Democratic senator Robert Menendez was found guilty in what U.S. attorney Danielle R. Sassoon called an “egregious abuse of...
FM holds several bilateral meetings during EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting
Hespress
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July 15, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held, on Monday in Brussels, a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his participation in the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting....
World Insights: Syria's future hangs in balance amid Sweida violence, Israeli strikes
Xinhua News Agency
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People of Druze community are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)A sudden violent clash in Syria's Sweida province has escalated into a complex crisis involving local factions, Syrian...
South Africa, Egypt, Botswana Others Storm Abeokuta For Africa’s U18/U20 Athletics Championships
Leadership
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July 15, 2025
Abeokuta is abuzz with anticipation as it prepares to host the 3rd African U18/U20 Athletics Championships, with delegations from across the continent arriving in Nigeria. Countries including South Sudan, Seychelles, and Congo have already landed...
Al-Sisi reviews Egypt’s food security, strategic commodity reserves
Daily News Egypt
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July 15, 2025
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with key government officials to review Egypt’s food security strategy and assess the status of the country’s strategic commodity reserves, according to a presidential statement....
Life after the Browns? Cleveland mayor wants input on future of lakefront stadium
WYSO - Ohio
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July 15, 2025
Despite an ongoing legal battle to keep the Browns in Cleveland, Mayor Justin Bibb is asking for ideas for the lakefront without Huntington Bank Field. The city is seeking proposals from developers for up to 50 acres of publicly owned property,...
An ‘announcement to global markets that our labor is cheap’: Egypt’s first minimum hourly wage
Mada Masr
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July 15, 2025
When the National Wages Council (NWC) announced a minimum wage increase for private sector workers effective March 1, it included a new component for the first time: a minimum hourly wage for “temporary” workers. Their net hourly wage must not...
Dutch Minister says EU deal with Israel is allowing aid into Gaza; Egypt says no
NL Times
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July 15, 2025
Caretaker Minister Caspar Veldkamp of Foreign Affairs says that a European Union agreement with Israel has resulted in 180 trucks with emergency aid entering Gaza on Monday. Egypt said on Monday that Israel’s agreement with the EU had not yet...
Tut Group Launches Its Operations In Egyptian Market For Exporting Egyptian Products - Dailynewsegypt
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Tut Group, a leading Egyptian holding company, has officially announced the launch of its operations in the Egyptian market, introducing the first fully integrated ecosystem dedicated to exporting Egyptian products to...
Ultra-Orthodox Party Quits Israeli Coalition Over Draft Law Dispute
Media Line
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July 15, 2025
Israel’s coalition government was rocked Monday night when the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced its resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition over disagreements surrounding a new proposal to regulate...
Talk Like an Egyptian: Genesius Guild’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” at Lincoln Park through July 20
River Cities' Reader - Iowa
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July 15, 2025
I’ve never been disappointed to spend a Sunday in the park with Shakespeare, though I am grateful that, this past Sunday night, the weather was fairly mild for July. I admit to being only vaguely familiar with Antony & Cleopatra before the evening...
Analysis: Groupthink blinded Israel’s military in advance of October 7, 2023
World Tribune
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July 15, 2025
FPI / July 15, 2025 By David Isaac, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) The term “conceptzia” (literally “conception”) in Israeli military history refers to the overarching Israeli strategic misconception about Israel’s enemies on the eve of the 1973 Yom...
Irish Government draft law banning trade with Israeli settlements sparks 'Fr Ted' row
Belfast Live
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July 15, 2025
20:09, 15 Jul 2025 Former justice minister Alan Shatter has been criticised for comparing a ban on trade with Israeli settlements to Irish TV show Father Ted. Ex-Fine Gael TD Mr Shatter opposes the Irish Government’s draft law banning trade with...
‘Aladdin’ Star Mena Massoud on His First Egyptian Film and the Challenges of Crossing Over From Hollywood to the Middle East: ‘I’m Doing Omar Sharif in Reverse’
Variety
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July 15, 2025
“Aladdin” star Mena Massoud, who is a Canadian actor of Egyptian heritage, recently starred in — and produced — his first Arabic-language film “In Broad Daylight.” In the action movie, he plays an Egyptian expat named Hamza El Kashef who returns...
2026: Ekiti can’t afford experimental governance, says deputy governor
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 15, 2025
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) gears up for its governorship primary ahead of the June 20, 2026, governorship election in Ekiti State, the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Monisade Afuye, has declared that the state can’t afford to be governed by an...