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Kerala Teen Electrocuted At school; Mother Working In Kuwait Yet To Learn Of Son’s Death
In a tragic incident, a 13-year-old boy was electrocuted while trying to retrieve his footwear from the school’s rooftop in Kerala on Thursday. Just before classes began at the state-supported Boys School in Thevalakkara in Kollam schoolchildren...

Turkish envoy accuses Gülen group of using schools, hospitals as cover in Nigeria
The Turkish government has raised concerns over the activities of the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO), alleging that the group continues to operate in Nigeria under the guise of offering educational and healthcare services. Speaking in...

Security sciences university secures French accreditation
SAUDI ARABIA Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in Saudi Arabia has secured full five-year accreditation from France’s High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCÉRES) for three of its core academic programmes:...

Australian law is clear: criticism of Israel does not breach the Racial Discrimination Act
Earlier this month, the Federal Court found controversial Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad breached the Racial Discrimination Act. Justice Angus Stewart ruled a series of speeches Haddad posted online were “fundamentally racist and antisemitic [and]...
Listokin to serve as Yale Law School’s interim dean
Dear Members of the Yale Law School Community, As I announced on July 1, Dean Heather K. Gerken will step down from her leadership role at Yale Law School at the end of this month to prepare for her new position as president of the Ford...

Israeli man demands custody of daughters found living with Russian woman in Karnataka cave, says 'want to be father'
Days after a Russian woman and her two young daughters were discovered living in a forest cave near Gokarna, Karnataka, the story has taken a dramatic turn, one that now involves an emotional custody appeal by the children’s Israeli father, Dror...

FHS World announces first confirmed speakers for Middle East’s leading hospitality investment summit
Dubai, UAE. 15 July 2025. The first 50 of a plethora of hospitality and tourism industry leaders have been confirmed as speakers at the Future Hospitality Summit – FHS World, taking place at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, 27-29 October. Globally...

University of Minnesota will honor 86 families at annual Farmfest ceremony Thursday, Aug. 7, at Gilfillan Estate
Families and growers from across Minnesota will be represented as the University of Minnesota honors them in the 2025 Farm Family of the Year ceremony at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the annual Minnesota Farmfest near Redwood Falls. The event...

Back to school: Keeping lunches out of the danger zone
BERRYVILLE, Ark. — Once a school lunch leaves your home kitchen, will it still be safe when lunchtime rolls around? That’s the question Torrie Smith, Carroll County extension agent in family and consumer sciences, wanted to answer. So, she did a...

Turkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu hit with new jail term
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, was on Wednesday handed an additional prison sentence, according to Turkish state media. Imamoglu, the main political rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been in jail pending trial since...

Türkiye begins restoration of Hagia Sophia’s historic domes to protect the landmark from earthquakes
Türkiye has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of earthquakes. Officials say the project will include reinforcing...

Israeli soldiers’ voices, a tool for peace?
uly brought joyful family holidays before the next school semester. But in war zones, families continued to lose loved ones; since late May alone, reports say, children were among some 700 Palestinians killed and over 4,000 injured at food...

Turkish Government Raises Alarm Over Terror Group’s Activity in Nigeria
58 By Lizzy Chirkpi The Turkish government has raised fresh concerns over the presence of members of the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) in Nigeria, warning that the group continues to pose a national security threat across the globe. The...

Anti-Israel Campus Protests Were Filled with Hate; College Teachers Tell You Not to Believe the Truth
How history will treat the post-October 7 anti-Israel protests on college campuses across America will depend in part on how much longer they last. As we approach the two-year mark, there seems little room for indifference. Normal people are...

Turkiye wants Nigeria to clamp down on Gülen movement activities
The Turkish government says that members of a group it calls the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) exist in Nigeria, and also operate in other countries around the world. Mehmet Poroy, Turkish ambassador-designate to Nigeria, disclosed this...

Students, faculty and lawmakers rally behind George Mason University amid Trump administration civil rights probe
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had launched an investigation into GMU over allegations that the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies violate Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights...

No School, No Work: The Worrisome Expansion of LatAm’s ‘Ninis’
Young people in Latin America who neither study nor work — the so-called Ninis — are becoming a ticking time bomb for the region’s economies. There are now 20 million Ninis, making up over 18% of Latin America’s youth aged 15 to 24, according to...

Israel, Iran trade strikes amid rising tensions, hostilities
A ballistic missile launched from Iran hit and damaged a building in Bat Yam, Israel, on June 15, 2025. Israel and Iran continued intense bombardments on one another's territories for the third day. Photo: VCG Israel and Iran have launched fresh...

Jewish pundit says supporters of ‘what Israel’s doing in Gaza’ can never ‘claim to be pro-life’
TAMPA, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — During the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Student Action Summit (SAS) last Saturday, comedian and Jewish podcaster Dave Smith challenged the crowd of mostly young Christian conservatives to maintain consistency in their...

Dr. Anosh Ahmed Reaffirms Support For Christian And Catholic Communities In The Middle East With New €10 Million Pledge
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / July 14, 2025 / Amid growing regional instability, Dr. Anosh Ahmed, globally respected humanitarian, has met with Christian and Catholic leaders of Lebanon and Egypt to address the ongoing...