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UNESCO Cultural Chief Ottone Urges Promoting Paris as Catalyst for Peace, Guardian of Shared Heritage
Bulgarian News Agency
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Paris should continue to be promoted as a catalyst for trust and peace, a driver of sustainable development and, above all, the guardian of the common heritage all nations share, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Ottone said...
The War on Gaza’s Children
The New Yorker
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July 7, 2025
The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, particularly for children. Last month, UNICEF declared that the number of children being admitted to hospitals in Gaza for acute malnutrition had risen by fifty per cent between April...
Edo Govt Intensifies Efforts To Curb Irregular Migration, Human Trafficking
New Telegraph
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August 4, 2025
The Edo State Government has said the administration of Governor Monday Okpebolo is determined to confront irregular migration, human trafficking, and related human rights violations that have impacted the state for years. The government, through...
Greek FM Holds Talks With Eastern Libya’s Haftar on Migration, Maritime Issues
Greek Reporter
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July 6, 2025
The Greek Foreign Minister met with Eastern Libya leader Khalifa Haftar and discussed maritime borders and migrant traffic. Credit: Eastern Libya Government Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis met with Eastern Libya leader Khalifa Haftar in...
Khalifa Haftar meets Greek Foreign Minister in Benghazi
The Libya Observer
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Khalifa Haftar received Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and his accompanying delegation on Sunday at the headquarters of his forces in Al Rajma area of Benghazi. According to Haftar’s media office, the meeting focused on ways to...
Sudan Media Forum: War disruption to education puts children at risk of becoming a ‘lost generation’
Dabanga Radio
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July 7, 2025
Sudan Media Forum Joint Editing Room – Compiled by Sudans Reporters Before the war, eleven-year-old Rehab from Khartoum used to wake her mother early to help prepare her school uniform and booklets. She dreamed of becoming a paediatrician and...
Greek FM Meets Libyan Commander Haftar in Benghazi to Boost Regional Stability
To Vima
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July 6, 2025
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis held a one-hour meeting on Sunday, July 6, in Benghazi with General Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army. The visit, which focused on curbing irregular migration and addressing maritime...
Sudan’s Last Darfur Holdout Starves Under Siege, Faces Attacks
StratNews Global
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August 4, 2025
Hundreds of thousands trapped in the Sudan‘s armed forces’ final stronghold in western Darfur face severe food shortages and relentless artillery and drone attacks, while those fleeing risk cholera and violence. Al-Fashir, the capital of North...
The Islands That Can Solve the Iran Crisis
Foreign Policy
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In the early 19th century, the Al Qasimi clan posed a formidable challenge to the British East India Company. They were labeled as a dangerous tribe of pirates with whom the British were forced to fight while navigating the Indian Ocean. In...
A warning from history
Independent (Uganda)
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August 3, 2025
Democratically elected leaders may win elections by whipping up ethnic, religious, and/or racial sentiments. However, such a government, though undesirable, would nonetheless be democratic. The transformation of democracy from a political form...
Turkish intel academy calls for urgent security reforms after Israel-Iran conflict
Middle East Eye
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August 4, 2025
A new report compiled by the Turkish National Intelligence Academy on Israel’s 12-day war with Iran suggests that Ankara must take a comprehensive set of steps, ranging from ramping up its military deterrence to constructing a new national...
Nigeria News2 minutes ago ‘No Edo Person Must Die Unjustly’ – Okpebholo Unveils Plans To Tame Irregular Migration The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has unveiled a bold, structured, and multi-sectoral response led by the Edo State Migration Agen…
Naija News
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August 4, 2025
Naija News reports that in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, Okpebholo reiterated his administration’s commitment to eradicate irregular migration, human trafficking, and the associated human rights abuses that have long...
Recognition of Palestine roils European countries
EurActiv
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August 4, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax. Feedback is welcome. I am around in Brussels this week, and this newsletter is still rolling, so get in touch. Were you forwarded this newsletter by a friend? Sign up here. In today’s edition: A fractured path...
How Pakistan Plans To Spread Disinformation On Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary Tomorrow
News18
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August 4, 2025
Last Updated:August 04, 2025, 19:18 IST News18 has accessed an internal circular, dated August 1, where the ministry concerned was instructed to observe the day as ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’ Universities in Pakistan are becoming breeding grounds for...
How Nigerians can handle economic hardship
The Sun Nigeria
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August 4, 2025
In 1983, Nigerians woke up one day to demand that Ghanaians must leave their country. They felt our West African neighbours had become a nuisance and expelled over a million of them. This gave rise to the big bag called ‘Ghana Must Go’, which...
Public discourse still imagines Cyprus as frozen in 1960
Cyprus Mail
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August 3, 2025
But both sides are now multi-cultural and it’s time we realised it Every year, on “national” days of celebration and remembrance, marked separately in the northern and southern Cyprus, politicians regurgitate dusty old speeches that portray the...
Opinion: Israel must be held accountable for its actions
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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August 4, 2025
Call it war, regime change or self-defense, the 45-year conflict between Iran and Israel, along with the United States, persists. One of the key flashpoints has been Iran’s nuclear program, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long...
EXPLAINER | The two rival governments that could split Sudan
Times LIVE
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In May the coalition signed a constitution establishing a parliament and cabinet. Then in July, the coalition announced the formation of a presidential council led by RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, with the SPLM-N's Hilu as his deputy. The...
BP Says Reservoir Discovered Off Coast of Brazil Is Largest in 25 Years
Yahoo Finance
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Horacio Villalobos / Corbis / Getty Images BP said it made its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years recently BP said it has made a major oil and gas reservoir discovery recently from a well being drilled off the coast of Brazil. The British...
Charted: The History of U.S. Recessions
Visual Capitalist
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August 4, 2025
Mapped: Every City With Over 1 Million People This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Cities were...