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Turkish and Azerbaijani defense ministers sign memorandum
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Turkish and Azerbaijani Defense Ministers Yaşar Güler and Zakir Hasanov met in Istanbul. During the meeting, the current state and development prospects of cooperation between the two countries in the military, military-technical, and...
US, Israel Main Source of Instability in Region: Iranian Diplomat
Tasnim News Agency
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July 24, 2025
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi denounced the United States and the Israeli regime’s role in the underway collapse of the international legal order and erosion of the United Nations Charter. He made...
Türkiye’s e-Government platform reaches 67 million users
Sabah
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July 23, 2025
The number of users on Türkiye’s e-Government Gateway ("e-Devlet Kapısı") has surpassed 67 million, reflecting the growing reliance on digital platforms for public services, according to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu....
In a cave in Israel, 100,00-year-old bones tell a story about the origins of burial rites
Newsday - New York
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SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits. The findings...
Education minister opens Israel Prize to diaspora Jews, drawing backlash
Ynet
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July 23, 2025
A decision by Education Minister Yoav Kisch to allow Jews living outside Israel to be eligible for the Israel Prize, the country’s most prestigious civilian award, has sparked criticism from former officials and academics who say the move...
Israel’s siege starves Gaza as aid workers join the hunger lines
Cyprus Mail
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July 23, 2025
Safe drinking water is running out fast More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all...
With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 24, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of becoming a doctor — but knows it is a futile dream....
Columbia University to pay over $200 million to resolve Trump antisemitism probes
Haaretz
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University said on Wednesday it will pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump's administration to resolve federal probes and to have most of its suspended federal funding restored. Trump has...
Columbia University to pay over $200m to resolve Trump probes
Dawn
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University said on Wednesday it will pay $200 million to the US government after President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding over what he said was its unwillingness to protect Jewish students. In a sweeping deal that will...
Netanyahu, Trump 'abandon' Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas
The New Arab
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July 25, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal. Netanyahu said...
Columbia University to pay $200m to settle anti-Semitism claims
Al Jazeera
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University, one of the top educational institutions in the United States, has agreed to pay $221m to settle claims by US President Donald Trump’s administration that it failed to police anti-Semitism on campus. Under the agreement...
Columbia University Reaches $220 Million Deal With Trump To Restore Federal Research Funding
News18
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July 24, 2025
Last Updated:July 24, 2025, 08:33 IST Under the terms of the agreement, the Ivy League university will pay $200 million over three years. The administration has frozen over $2 billion in research funds at other top-tier schools including Cornell,...
Israel is Attacking Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City
Drop Site
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July 22, 2025
Illumination flares light up the night sky over Deir al-Balah, Gaza, July 21, 2025, during an Israeli ground assault. The Israeli military launched flares over the city as it expanded its operations into central Gaza for the first time since the...
Columbia University Reaches $221M Deal with Trump Admin to Restore Federal Funding
Asianet Newsable
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University reached a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration, resolving federal investigations stemming from 2023 campus protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. After months of public pressure, protests, and political...
Columbia University Agrees To Pay More Than $220 Million In Deal With Trump
HuffPost
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July 24, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating...
US’s largest Reconstructionist synagogue quits movement for allowing anti-Israel hostility
The Times of Israel
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July 24, 2025
JTA — The largest synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement is moving to cut ties with its denominational body over what its leaders describe as a failure to confront hostility to Israel among affiliated rabbis and rabbinical students. The...
Columbia University agrees to pay $220M in deal with Trump administration
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was cancelled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university...
Columbia University to pay $221 million to settle Trump probes
Deutsche Welle
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July 24, 2025
Columbia University has agreed to pay $221 million to the federal government in a deal to settle the investigations into the school's campus and restore federal funding, it announced on Wednesday. This includes a payment of $200 million over three...
Upstate family rescued in Syria finally returns home
WYFF 4 - South Carolina
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July 24, 2025
Family rescued in Syria finally returns home to South Carolina A local educator, her husband, and young child were left in the middle of a warzone while visiting family. Now they're home. OK, uh, you want me to tell you what happened or you wanna...
Marc Fisher: George Mason University wrong target for Trump's attacks
The Winchester Star - Virginia
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July 24, 2025
When President Donald Trump and the foot soldiers of his populist brigade went after Harvard and Columbia, they were right on message: In a rigidly divided country, Trump delights in dramatic actions against the symbols and institutions of the...