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Which Middle Eastern countries are targeted by Trump's tariffs?
The New Arab
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July 11, 2025
On Wednesday the US imposed a new round of tarrifs on countries, including Libya, Algeria and Iraq [Andrew Harnik/Getty Images] US President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping expansion of global tariffs, targeting a new round of countries...
“He Was Treated Very Unfairly and He Prevailed”: Trump Meets Senegal’s Faye, Four African Leaders at U.S.-Africa Summit
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington today, 9 July, during a high-level summit with four other African leaders focused on trade,...
In the eye of the storm
International Politics and Society
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July 10, 2025
The Middle East is once again confronted with a geopolitical test. While the world watches the dangerous power struggle between Iran and Israel, a country that lies geographically, historically and politically between the fronts must ask itself a...
Trump amazed by African president’s ‘good English,’ gleefully accepts praise for Nobel Peace Prize
TheGrio
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump welcomed five African presidents to the White House on Wednesday for a multilateral mini-summit to discuss areas of mutual interest in trade and other kinds of economic partnerships. “My administration is committed to...
A bronzed beauty worthy of a prize?
The Critic
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July 10, 2025
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Each year I pay close attention to the longlists produced by the RIBA’s Regional Awards...
Promise and pressure of cost-competitive green hydrogen
ESI Africa
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July 9, 2025
The economic feasibility of exporting green hydrogen from Africa to Europe by 2030 is in question. The study Mapping the cost competitiveness of African green hydrogen imports to Europe provides some answers. As at December 2023, Africa’s green...
Iraq Launches Najaf Refinery Expansion Project
Iraq Business News
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July 9, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the Najaf [Al-Ashraf] refinery, a strategic project that will increase refining capacity by 70,000 barrels per day. The ceremony, held on...
Three-Month Suspension of Asylum Applications in Greece Sparks Concerns
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Greece’s recent move to suspend the right to apply for asylum for three months has ignited strong debate, drawing sharp criticism from international organizations, legal experts, and opposition parties. The measure, which targets arrivals from...
She fought for the girl that the world left behind: the inheritance of the UN of Natalia Kanem
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
She returns, again and again, to one image: that of a ten -year -old girl – standing on the verge of adolescence, her uncertain future and her rights still in doubt. “Will she be able to stay in school, finish her studies and make her way around...
Hi-Line man recovering after being stabbed
KRTV - Montana
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July 10, 2025
A man is recovering after being seriously injured on Saturday, July 5, 2025. According to family members, Mathew Sudan was involved in an altercation at Lake Elwell and was stabbed with a butcher knife. They have not yet provided details of the...
BRICS Forges Ahead Building a Different Order
Consortium News
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July 11, 2025
At their summit in Brazil, members of the expanding Global South group condemned recent Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran and Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul Rahman reports. Country leaders at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de...
Why Iran Needs Its Own Deng Xiaoping to Survive
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 11, 2025
Even if Israel and the US have only succeeded in damaging but not destroying Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the Islamic Republic has recently suffered several serious setbacks. The Assad regime that Tehran had backed for decades fell in December...
UN’s food agency limits aid operations in West and Central Africa due to funding cuts
Associated Press
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July 11, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The World Food Programme said Friday it is suspending food and nutritional assistance across crisis-hit West and Central African countries as a result of U.S. aid cuts, which are grinding the organization’s operations to a...
The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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July 11, 2025
The groom is Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s new president, a former jihadist leader who has swapped his fatigues for a suit. Al-Sharaa assumed power just six months ago and sits atop a transitional government formed from the ashes of a 14-year civil...
Peace is everything
The Point
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If we lose peace, we lose everything. Look around us at our brothers and sisters in nations once full of promise, now broken by the scourge of war, political strife, and lawlessness. Look at the shattered streets of Liberia, the blood-soaked soils...
Fact check: Absar Alam did not advocate recognition of Israel; viral clip is incomplete
Dawn
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July 11, 2025
Posts from multiple users on social media platform X on Thursday shared a video clip, claiming it showed journalist Absar Alam urging Pakistan to explore the benefits of recognising Israel. However, the viral clip is incomplete and he is actually...
HRC59: Civil society presents key takeaways from the session
International Service for Human Rights
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July 8, 2025
We join others who have expressed grave concern about the UN’s financial situation throughout the session. We deplore that we are in this position primarily due to the failure of some States to pay their assessed contributions in full and on time....
Comedians, influencers and footy players: Why we can’t get enough of celebrity boxing
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 11, 2025
At the very least, you may read about who won on Thursday morning, even if by accident. These fights don’t happen unless there is an audience willing to lap it up. And that audience has always been there, even if those within it will never...
U.S. slashes visa duration for some African nationals amid policy shift
Africanews
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July 9, 2025
The U.S revised its visa reciprocity policy for Nigeria and Ghana, limiting tourist, business and academic travellers to single-entry visas valid for three months, according to a notice by the U.S Embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday. The new rules apply...
Why the small-boats deal to replace Rwanda raises more questions than answers, writes DAVID BARRETT
Daily Mail
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July 11, 2025
Keir Starmer's small-boats deal with France is set to resurrect some of the interminable problems faced by the Tories' Rwanda scheme. The Home Office admitted it expected the plan to be subject to legal challenges, opening up the prospect of...