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AP News: The Latest: Israel threatens Iran's supreme leader as Iranian strikes wound over 200
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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An Iranian missile hit the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing extensive damage but no serious injuries, the medical facility said. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke....
Dar tells Senate: Pakistan, other OIC member states slam Israeli aggression against Iran
Business Recorder
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June 19, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Twenty countries, including Pakistan, that are the members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), have joined hands in support of Iran by strongly denouncing the “ongoing military aggression of Israel against Iran,” Deputy...
Military cannot bring lasting peace to Middle East
Antara
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June 19, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia and 22 other countries affirmed that military force cannot produce a lasting resolution to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, especially the conflict between Iran and Israel. This was conveyed by Indonesia and 22...
What Trump can learn from the Gulf about doing business in Africa
Khaleej Times
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Four years ago, DP World signed a $1 billion trade corridor agreement with the Ethiopian government. The plan: link the logistics giant’s port in Berbera, Somaliland, with Ethiopia — a landlocked nation of 120 million people. It wasn’t aid. It...
Andriy Rudyk: “The biggest obstacle to Europe becoming a global power is the lack of political will”
Ukrainian Week
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June 17, 2025
Andriy Rudyk, PhD in social and behavioural sciences and a serviceman in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke with The Ukrainian Week about Europe’s rearmament prospects amid the Russian-Ukrainian war and the evolving role of the United States. — In...
Experts meet in Kenya to promote cybersecurity in East African bloc
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Experts convened in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday to promote cybersecurity across the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, an East African bloc, in response to mounting digital threats....
Tina Smith Calls Out Mike Lee’s Rancid Social Media Posts
TPM – Talking Points Memo
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June 17, 2025
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. ‘I Wanted Him To Hear From Me Directly’ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was among the worst culprits of trying to muddy the waters around the...
Türkiye sides with peace, stability amid Israel-Iran conflict
Sabah
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June 17, 2025
Türkiye’s global and regional role is under the spotlight as its eastern neighbor, Iran, suffers from Israeli attacks and reciprocates them. Answering reporters’ questions after a Cabinet meeting on Monday in Ankara, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz...
Israel-Iran conflict: Pakistan, other Muslim states call for ceasefire
Business Recorder
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June 18, 2025
ISLAMABAD: A number of Muslim-majority countries including Pakistan have categorically rejected and condemned Israel’s recent attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran, intensified since the 13th June 2025, calling for an immediate ceasefire to...
How India’s defence spending is aligned with its regional ambition
The Indian Express
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June 17, 2025
West Asia is among the regions witnessing the steepest defence spending largely driven by the Israel-Gaza conflict, according the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report, 2025. The ongoing Israel-Iran conflict only...
America’s Middle East Trap is China’s Strategic Windfall
War on the Rocks
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June 18, 2025
As another carrier strike group steams to the Middle East and F-35 squadrons position themselves in the region with tankers, the American people should think hard about whether President Donald Trump is allowing the Middle East to overshadow...
20 Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, voice concern over dangerous escalation threatening regional security
Saudi Gazette
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June 17, 2025
Saudi Gazette report CAIRO — Twenty Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, affirmed their condemnation and rejection of the Israeli attacks on Iran. In a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, foreign ministers of...
Foreign ministers of 20 nations condemn Israel attack on Iran; call for de-escalation
Dunya News
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World World Foreign ministers of 20 nations condemn Israel attack on Iran; call for de-escalation Close Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Egypt among the countries Updated On: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:41:55 PKT ISLAMABAD (APP) - In a...
20 Muslim nations condemn Israel’s aggression against Iran, call for immediate ceasefire
Pakistan Today
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June 17, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, along with 19 other Muslim-majority nations, has condemned Israel’s escalating military actions against Iran, calling for an immediate ceasefire and a return to diplomatic dialogue. In a joint statement issued on June 13,...
FM Underscores Urgent Need to Bridge Energy Divide in East Africa
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, June 17, 2025 (ENA) -- Hundreds of millions of Africans still lack electricity, particularly in East Africa, where coordinated action is urgently needed to bridge the energy divide, Foreign Affairs Minister Gedion Timothewos stressed....
In dramatic escalation, Trump says won’t kill Khamenei ‘for now’, demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his rhetoric against Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday amid the country’s ongoing fighting with Israel, saying on social media that the United States knows where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is located but...
A dig at Israel? 21 Arab and African nations issue united statement urging peace in Middle East, appeals everyone to join NPT
News9 Live
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June 17, 2025
World News Rescue team work at the site where a missile launched from Iran struck Tel Aviv. (Photo credit: AP/PTI) Kolkata: The hostilities between Iran and Israel are showing no signs of slowing down. Rather, it is escalating with each passing...
Trump says wants ‘real end’ to Israel-Iran conflict, not ceasefire
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
US President Donald Trump said he wants a “real end” to the conflict between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire, as the arch foes traded fire for a fifth day on Tuesday. After months of attacking Gaza — flattening homes, targeting hospitals,...
21 Islamic nations call for nuclear-free Middle East amid Israel-Iran conflict, urge States to join NPT
The Print
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June 17, 2025
New Delhi: Amid the escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran, 21 Arab, Islamic and African nations have called for the urgent creation of a “Middle East Zone free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction”. Their foreign...
FMs from 20 Muslim states call for ending Israeli hostilities
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
A man walks past closed shops in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Monday. The city’s largest and most prominent marketplace was closed as fighting between Israel and Iran entered a fourth day. The main gate was shut, with streets largely deserted and most...