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Syria, Turkey sign a cooperation protocol to restore destroyed schools
Damascus, SANA – Ministry of Education signed Thursday a cooperation protocol with its Turkish counterpart to restore destroyed schools in Syria, expand educational opportunities for Syrian youth, and strengthen educational and cultural ties...

Turkish media's descent into antisemitic propaganda under Erdogan's watch
Turkey's transformation under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into a bastion of Palestinian advocacy and Israeli hostility has become impossible to ignore. Anyone walking through Istanbul's streets encounters a disturbing visual landscape –...

Saudi Arabia integrates AI education across all public schools this year
Saudi Arabia is ready to implement artificial intelligence (AI) education across all public schools starting from the upcoming academic year, marking a major step in its Vision 2030 initiative to boost innovation and global competitiveness. The...

Under Fire in Tel Aviv: A Civilian’s View of Israel’s 12-Day War
“See you tomorrow—unless war breaks out,” I joked to an Israeli friend as we left a Tel Aviv café the day after I arrived. Less than five hours later, at around 3 a.m. Israel Standard Time on July 13, air raid sirens ripped me from my sleep and...
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From bullets to ballots: Kurdish fighters lay down arms, 5 key things about Turkey-PKK peace deal
The move comes in response to a historic call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in February, urging them to end their decades-long insurgency and embrace democratic means to defend the rights of Turkey’s Kurdish minority read more Fighters...
Israel arrests 50 across occupied West Bank; Jenin displaced return briefly
More than 50 Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli military raids across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) says, as the army’s deadly assault on the territory, in tandem with its punishing war on Gaza,...

Nearly 800 Gazans killed awaiting aid distribution: UN
Listen to article At least 798 people have been killed in Gaza since late May while attempting to receive food aid, the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said. “Up until the seventh of July, we’ve recorded now 798 killings, including 615...

Syria 2025 Is Iraq All Over Again | Opinion
The al-Nusrah Front was removed from the U.S. terror list on July 7, 2025. Officially, it marked a shift. But under the surface, it looked a lot more like a pattern we've previously seen. America has been here before. We saw this exact playbook in...

Israel, Iran and the New Middle Eastern Chessboard
The brief but intense confrontation between Israel and Iran in June 2025 was more than another Middle Eastern crisis—it was a diagnostic moment that revealed deep structural changes reshaping regional politics. Like a sudden earthquake exposing...

More international students choosing Estonia for university
This fall, more international students are expected to begin studies at Estonian universities than in recent years, with the largest numbers coming from Azerbaijan and Ukraine and strong interest in business, the humanities, the arts and ICT,...

Israel makes new withdrawal offer amid Gaza ceasefire talks
Israel has submitted a new proposal to Qatari mediators for a partial withdrawal of its forces from Gaza, amid indirect talks on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Hamas, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported on Wednesday. According to the report,...

ADL: Stand Up to Teachers’ Union’s Latest Antisemitic Action
The largest teachers union in the country, the National Education Association, is calling for a boycott of ADL and our decades of education materials and data. This biased and one-sided resolution would keep our vital lessons about antisemitism,...

Türkiye appoints new communications director
Deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran has been appointed as Türkiye's new communications director, the Official Gazette announced early Thursday. He succeeds Fahrettin Altun, who held the post since July 25, 2018, News.Az reports, citing...

Iran poses significant ‘physical threat’ to people living in UK that is now ‘comparable with Russia,’ Brits warned
IRAN poses a significant threat to Britain with Tehran’s spies targeting the UK as a priority, a new report has found. The Islamic Republic is capable of “wide-ranging, persistent and unpredictable” attacks on our country, according to the Chair...

Israel Continues Slaughter of Palestinians at Gaza Aid Sites, Homes and Schools
In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 41 Palestinians since dawn. Victims include nine people killed in an Israeli drone strike on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians near Khan Younis, and at least four people killed when Israel...

Iran forcing Afghan Refugees into “Hell”, says EU Lawmaker
EU lawmaker Hannah Neumann condemned Iran’s mass deportation of Afghan refugees, calling it a “collective failure” and “forced return to hell without legal process.” In a strongly worded statement, Hannah Neumann, Member of the European...

Alex Kane: Israel is no more secure today than it was after October 7
Tom Segev, an Israeli historian, argues: “With the Palestinians, Israel has a conflict which is about the very roots of each side’s national identity. “Hamas was prepared to sacrifice over 50,000 of its people on the dream they could one day...

Woman, 22, told she had heatstroke from Turkey holiday - truth was 'scary'
A young farmer was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumour following a holiday to Turkey, after her symptoms were dismissed as heatstroke. Moli Morgan, 22, went to Antalya for a sunshine break with her boyfriend but suffered two seizures...

Un Condemns Israeli Killing Of Families Lining Up For Aid In Gaza
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep dismay over the “unconscionable” killing of children during an aid distribution in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday. Catherine Russell said she was appalled by the reported killing of...

Schools need guidance to address antisemitism
When Acton-Boxborough Superintendent Peter Light started his job in 2018, the district had a problem with antisemitism. A trailer had been spray-painted with antisemitic graffiti in 2018. Jewish students complained of antisemitic harassment,...