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Middle East's fertility slump: Fewer babies, big problems?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
There's what experts have called a "quiet revolution" underway in the Middle East, one that doesn't involve protests on the street or the toppling of governments. This revolution, happening in the privacy of locals' own homes, is concerned with...
Minister says IDF neglects Haredim, Bedouins by relying on modern tech for missile alerts
The Times of Israel
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July 2, 2025
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi on Wednesday accused the IDF’s Homefront Command of ignoring the needs of ultra-Orthodox Jews and Negev Bedouins by limiting incoming missile warnings to electronic devices and stationary sirens, arguing that,...
Yemeni Govt Claims Dismantling Terrorist Cell Linked To UN Official's Assassination
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Aden, Yemen, June 29 (IANS) Yemen's internationally recognised government has said that it had dismantled a major terrorist cell and arrested the primary suspects in the 2023 assassination of a World Food Programme (WFP) official....
Rubio imposter used AI, Signal to contact foreign officials
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — Someone pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio used AI-generated voice technology and a fake Signal account to contact foreign officials and at least one member of Congress, the latest case of impostors mimicking senior U.S....
Yemen claims major militant cell dismantled, suspects in WFP official’s killing arrested
The Siasat Daily
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June 29, 2025
Aden: Yemen’s internationally recognised government has said that it had dismantled a major terrorist cell and arrested the primary suspects in the 2023 assassination of a World Food Programme (WFP) official. The government accused the cell of...
Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country's ethnic minorities
Akron Legal News
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SHUKRIYA BRADOST Virginia Tech Published: July 9, 2025 (THE CONVERSATION) The 12-day confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025 may not have escalated into a full-scale regional war, but it marks a potentially critical turning point in...
Starmer and Macron are up against a small boats crisis – but how many migrants cross the Channel and who gets turned away?
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Yemeni gov't claims dismantling terrorist cell linked to UN official's assassination
Xinhua News Agency
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ADEN, Yemen, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's internationally recognized government said on Saturday it had dismantled a major terrorist cell and arrested the primary suspects in the 2023 assassination of a World Food Programme (WFP) official. The...
Missiles from Yemen cause panic in Israel
The National News
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Israel intercepted several missiles launched from Yemen late on Tuesday, which caused widespread panic across several cities, prompting threats by the US to launch B-2 bombers. The missiles from Yemen were intercepted by Israel’s Arrow system and...
‘Fake’ Marco Rubio uses AI voice and Signal app to target foreign ministers, US Officials
Mint
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July 9, 2025
In a troubling escalation of deepfake technology misuse, an individual impersonating US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used AI-generated voice messages and a fake Signal account to contact foreign leaders and a sitting member of Congress,...
UN Yemen envoy visits Aden to push for restart of stalled peace talks
The National News
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UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has arrived in Aden as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to restart stalled peace negotiations and tackle the country’s worsening humanitarian crisis. Mr Grundberg’s visit comes amid increased displacement...
Will Israel and America Target the Houthis Following the Yemen-Based Terrorist Group’s Latest Missile Attack?
The New York Sun
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July 1, 2025
For the second time since the end of Israel’s so-called 12-day war with Iran, the Islamic Republic’s remaining terrorist proxy, the Houthis, launched a ballistic missile toward Israel. Will Israel and America now deal with the Yemen-based...
Only one nation is self-sufficient in healthy food
Resilience
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July 9, 2025
Over a third of all countries cannot meet self-sufficiency for more than two of the seven essential food groups. Low self-sufficiency and over-dependence on a few countries for imports threaten their capability to respond to global shocks,...
A gay migrant and his quest for freedom across the English Channel
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
‘Science refugees’: French university welcomes first US researchers
FOX 28 - Washington State
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June 27, 2025
Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer “science asylum” to US academics hit by federal research spending cuts under Donald Trump. The University of Aix-Marseille (AMU) welcomed...
Trump’s had enough of Putin’s BS; sends weapons, mulls sanctions
Washington Examiner
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July 9, 2025
‘A LOT OF BS’: During a broadcast Cabinet meeting that ran an hour and 45 minutes yesterday afternoon, President Donald Trump — his patience apparently exhausted — unleashed on Russian President Vladimir Putin for his disingenuous pretense that he...
Yemen Standards Authority concludes food additives training
Yemen News Agency SABA
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June 26, 2025
[Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:58:07 +0300] Sana'a – Saba: A five-day training course on food additives, organized by the Yemen Standards, Metrology, and Quality Control Authority, concluded on Thursday in the caital Sana'a. The course equipped 24 trainees...
The Middle corridor: reliability in an era of instability
Today.Az
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A branch of the Global Center for Innovation and Knowledge in the Field of Sustainable Transport operating in China may be opened in Azerbaijan. This was discussed at meetings within the framework of the Global Forum on Sustainable Transport in...
War risk soars as Red Sea reels from deadly Houthi attacks
Splash 247
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July 9, 2025
Maritime security in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has deteriorated sharply after Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched devastating attacks on two commercial vessels, raising alarm across the global shipping industry and triggering a steep surge in war...
The United States and Israel will make new attempts to attack Iran
Joy FM
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July 9, 2025
On June 13, 2025, Israel and the United States launched a large-scale military operation to overthrow the military-political regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, subjecting Iranian territory to massive rocket attacks and bombing. Against this...