 EU announces US$1 billion aid to Lebanon to curb migration
EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced US$1 billion in aid to Lebanon over the next three years during a visit to Beirut aimed at curbing the number of irregular migrant... (photo: AP / Hassan Ammar) The New Arab
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 Climate is one culprit in growth and spread of dust in Middle East
Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the Middle East—into a more frequent and widespread threat to health and economies throughout the r... (photo: GFDL / Nepenthes) Phys Dot Org
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 Why Biden can't and won't support a winning strategy for Ukraine and Israel
“Bad news isn't wine," Colin Powell once said. "It doesn't improve with age.” | Neither do indecision and inaction in war. At some point, you have to deal with the si... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The Hill
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 Senators press Biden administration on Iran crypto mining
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday for information on how it is addressing Iran’s use of cryptocurr... (photo: Creative Commons / allanlau2000) The Hill
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 Russia riding US right out of West Africa
Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government wo... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Asiatimes
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 How do United States universities make their money?
From Columbia Univeristy in New York to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, protests against Israel’s war on Gaza have spread across major United Stat... (photo: Creative Commons / FASTILY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Al Jazeera
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 Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave
Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestini... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) Al Jazeera
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 Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy
UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC. ... ... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) BBC News
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 Trump gives his strongman’s ambitions free rein on a day off from court
Donald Trump’s bitter reality will bite Thursday when he swaps his adoring campaign trail crowds for a courtroom he complains is “freezing” after a one-day respite.... (photo: AP / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) CNN
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 US Fed keeps interest rates at 23-year high amid stubborn inflation
The US Federal Reserve has held interest rates at a 23-year high amid stubborn cost-of-living increases. | The central bank on Wednesday kept the benchmark lending rate a... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster, File) Al Jazeera
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 Palestinian envoy: Palestinian statehood could not subject to "Israeli veto"
NEW YORK, May 1 (KUNA) - The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Palestine's membership in the UN is long overdue and it... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Kuna
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 Modi’s baffling pitch to woo Muslim voters
With this year’s elections in progress, every minority vote that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) puts in its column adds to the chance for Prime Minister Narendra ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh) Asiatimes
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 Between threat and opportunity, what are Israel’s options in Gaza?
The Israeli army is reinforcing its positions within the Gaza Strip, ostensibly before a long-telegraphed assault on Rafah and the Hamas brigades it says are present ther... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Al Jazeera
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 Democrats cast aside worries of campus protests hurting Biden
Democrats are casting aside worries that college campus protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza could spell trouble for President Biden in November. | Biden and hi... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle) The Hill
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 UN Secretary-General calls for international investigation into mass graves reports in Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed grave deep alarm over reports of the discovery of mass graves at several locations in Gaza, including Al-Shifa and Nasser ... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) Gulf-Times
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 Why Erdogan’s White House visit won’t happen now
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy is marked by a pattern of unpredictability, evident once again in the recent developments surrounding his planned visit ... (photo: AP / Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Pool Photo via AP) Ekathimerini
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 Wednesday briefing: How Britain and Ireland came to a diplomatic deadlock over Rwanda
In today’s newsletter: It is the most fractious time in British-Irish relations since Brexit, as Ireland claims the Rwanda policy is pushing migrants to its borders –... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) The Guardian
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 New York City police enter Columbia University as protests continue
New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest and disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over a campus buildin... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle) LBC International
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 UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in South Sudan
JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, follow... (photo: UN / Gregorio Cunha) China.dot.org
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 ICJ rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel
The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency measures over German arms sales to Israel as requested by Nicaragua, which had argued that there wa... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) Al Jazeera
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