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Visitation or violation? Tisha B’Av tests Al-Aqsa’s fragile status quo

National Security Minister Ben-Gvir entered the site as Palestinians reported access bans, arrests followed, and Jordan and Arab and Muslim states issued condemnations.

Published: 2 months ago

On 23 July, thousands of Jewish visitors entered the AlAqsa/Temple Mount compound for Tisha B’Av under heavy Israeli police protection; some prayed...

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A fast Ebola surge meets a response built for calmer times

Officials and aid agencies report violence disrupting health operations in North Kivu, overcrowded displacement camps with scarce clean water, and growing cross-border vigilance at the Uganda frontier.

Published: 2 months ago

More than 1,000 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak—around 2,500 confirmed cases—with multiple outlets...

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A $100 question: shock that sticks, or fear that fades?

Houthi threats to Saudi shipping and hardened U.S.–Iran postures have put Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz under strain, jolting crude and equities.

Published: 2 months ago

Brent crude briefly topped $100 and WTI hit the low $90s as Houthi claims of strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and intensifying U.S.–Iran hos...

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Saudi nuclear pact tied to normalization—precondition, pressure, or poison pill?

Washington is folding a U.S.–Saudi civilian 123 agreement into its bid to expand the Abraham Accords and bolster American nuclear exports.

Published: 2 months ago

Washington said it had finalized a US–Saudi civilian nuclear cooperation pact; a day later, President Trump made its approval contingent on Riyadh ...

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Withdrawal tests the line between leak probes and press freedoms

A federal judge questioned prosecutors’ handling of subpoenas over reporting on a Qatar-donated presidential jet.

Published: 2 months ago

The U.S. Justice Department withdrew subpoenas seeking New York Times reporters’ testimony and phone records about stories on security gaps in a Qa...

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Safeguards promised, enrichment permitted: Riyadh’s nuclear path remains unsettled

Signed in Washington by US and Saudi energy chiefs, the pact enables a civilian program and triggers a 90-day congressional review alongside a bilateral safeguards agreement.

Published: 2 months ago

The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a civilian nuclear cooperation pact in Washington—paired with a bespoke bilateral safeguards deal and now...

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ASEAN code deadline collides with calibrated coercion at Second Thomas Shoal

Both governments summoned ambassadors and exchanged claims of provocation as ministers from across Asia—and visiting powers—met in Manila.

Published: 2 months ago

A close‑quarters confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal — oars and poles, not guns — left a Philippine serviceman injured and saw Beijing and Manila ...

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A date on the calendar, a question mark on jurisdiction

Filed in Manhattan federal court, the case charges Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores with drug‑trafficking and firearms offenses after a January operation brought them into New York custody.

Published: 2 months ago

A US federal judge in Manhattan set June 1, 2027 for the trial of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who remain in Brooklyn custody after a...

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Process fixes or political heads: India’s exam-leak protests at a crossroads

Student-led 'Cockroach' demonstrations spread after repeated test leaks, drawing police crackdowns, opposition rallies, and a government vow to fast-track prosecutions.

Published: 2 months ago

India’s youthled “Cockroach” protests, sparked by repeated leaks of highstakes exams, have moved from memes to mass mobilization, with students def...

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Peace by the state or by proxies? Lebanon's test begins

At the White House, President Aoun sought sustained U.S. backing as coordinated IDF pullbacks and LAF deployments start in southern pilot zones.

Published: 2 months ago

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun used a White House visit to thank Donald Trump for brokering an Israel–Lebanon framework and to lock in broad US bac...

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Diplomacy under fire: talks offered as strikes keep widening

Mediation bids by Russia and the UAE and separate Pakistan talks falter as ASEAN flags energy risks and Washington disputes Iran’s legal claim over the Strait of Hormuz.

Published: 2 months ago

As U.S. forces struck Iranian targets for an 11th and 12th straight night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio paired conditional diplomacy with legal w...

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A back-to-school ban collides with legal and technical realities

Parliament’s measure, billed as a European first, obliges social platforms to block under-15s using age-verification systems.

Published: 2 months ago

France has approved a law barring under15s from accessing major social platforms and obliging companies to deploy age‑verification systems, slated ...

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