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Israel, Iran trade strikes amid rising tensions, hostilities
Global Times
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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...
Students, faculty and lawmakers rally behind George Mason University amid Trump administration civil rights probe
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 16, 2025
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...
Trump vents frustration at Netanyahu after Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church kills three
Irish Independent
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The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the 21-month Israel-Hamas war. Israel expressed regret over what it described as an accident and...
Egypt’s PALM Secures Funding to Expand Goal-Oriented Savings Platform
Fintech News Middle East
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July 16, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox Egyptian fintech startup PALM has closed its pre-seed funding round, led by 4DX Ventures with participation from Plus VC and several international angel investors....
Iran reaches tech to produce 11,500 strategic refinery equipment items domestically
Tehran Times
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July 16, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran has successfully localized the production of more than 11,500 strategic refinery equipment and components, according to the managing director of South Pars Gas Complex, a key player in the country’s gas industry. Speaking to IRIB,...
Hero schoolboy cries as he reveals how he saved girlfriend when her parents 'tried to strangle her in honor killing'
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
A teenage boy cried on the witness stand as he told how he saved his girlfriend's life while her parents allegedly tried to strangle her in a religious 'honor killing'. Fatima Ali, now 18, was nearly killed in a chokehold by her father, Ihsan Ali,...
From University to the World: How ThinkCyber Nigeria is Launching Africa’s Cybersecurity Champions Globally
TechEconomy
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July 17, 2025
Advertisements As graduation caps fly at Babcock University on July 27 and Adeleke University on July 20, something far more powerful than diplomas is being handed out, global relevance. A new class of cyber defenders is stepping forward, not just...
Israel strikes military compounds in Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, in a widening aerial campaign in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The...
Significance of the Targeted Nuclear Scientists in the Iran War
Daily Alert
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July 17, 2025
By Institute for Science and International Security July 15, 2025 The June 2025 war between Israel and Iran, called the 12-Day War, saw the death of many Iranian nuclear scientists who participated in or are linked to Iran’s nuclear weapons...
Iran seizes foreign tanker suspected of smuggling oil in Gulf of Oman
The National News
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A foreign tanker suspected of smuggling two million litres of fuel has been seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted the chief justice of Iran's Hormozgan province as saying...
New report outlines steps to reduce rising antisemitism in U.K. schools, workplaces and hospitals
Haaretz
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July 17, 2025
A report released this week about antisemitism in the United Kingdom lays out new recommendations for tackling the rise in anti-Jewish sentiment that has been climbing steeply since the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel – including in sectors...
State College area humanitarian aid worker on potential impacts of rescission bill on foreign aid
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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July 17, 2025
A bill to claw back billions of dollars already approved for public broadcasting and foreign aid is a step closer to becoming law, as the U.S. Senate advanced the rescission package early Thursday. Most of the funding at stake, $7.9 billion, is...
Kerala Teen Electrocuted At school; Mother Working In Kuwait Yet To Learn Of Son’s Death
Gulf Insider
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July 17, 2025
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...
Israeli air defense commander replaced following Iranian missile strikes: Report
Press TV
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July 16, 2025
The commander of the Israeli army’s air defense array has been replaced following recent Iranian missile strikes targeting Israeli-occupied territories. “The [IOF] spokesperson announced that Brigadier General K. has taken up the position of...
Iran marking national welfare week
Tehran Times
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July 16, 2025
TEHRAN –National welfare week is being held across the country from July 16 to 22. This year, the week is observed with the theme ‘together for well-being; participating today, empowering tomorrow’. The head of the Welfare Organization, Seyed...
Security sciences university secures French accreditation
University World News
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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:...
Three die in Israeli raid on Gaza Parish. Msgr. Shomali: 'They want to drive Christians away'
Asia News
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July 17, 2025
Milan (AsiaNews) - ‘They will say it was not intentional, they will always find an excuse, but war is like that, it always causes damage and victims,’ but what remains is the attack on a church, which is always a terrible and scandalous act,...
Listokin to serve as Yale Law School’s interim dean
Yale University - Connecticut
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July 17, 2025
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...
Dubai upgrades bus stations around emirate
The National News
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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority on Sunday announced that 22 public bus sites, including 16 passenger stations and 6 depots, have been upgraded. Nine stations in Deira were upgraded, alongside seven in Bur Dubai. These stations support 110...
New US assessment reveals strike on Iran’s Fordo set back enrichment capabilities by about two years
NBC News
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July 17, 2025
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