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July 31, 2023

Iran threatens to exploit contested Gulf gas field

Iran is to pursue what it believes are its rights over the disputed Durra/Arash offshore gas field in the Gulf if the other parties fail to cooperate, the country’s...

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July 31, 2023

Syrians weighed down by failing currency

A satirical video of Syrians paying the restaurant bill has gone viral. The Syrian pound has lost 82% of its value over the last 3 years....

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July 31, 2023

Is the West turning against Kosovo to appease the Serbs?

In a globalised world where a largely stable international order of nation states with agreed-upon boundaries is in place, borders contested by rival nations are few and far between....

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July 31, 2023

Iran agents attempted to lure Israelis to obtain intelligence

Israeli intelligence has uncovered an Iranian cell that ran a phishing campaign targeting state employees and researchers to get intelligence about the occupation state, Israeli media reported yesterday. According...

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July 31, 2023

Lebanon: interim central bank governor urges reform

The Lebanese Central Bank’s first vice governor Wassim Mansouri has urged the government to undertake long-delayed reforms as he confirmed that he will take over as its acting head...

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July 31, 2023

Egypt’s Wadi Al-Natroun prison is ‘five-star hotel’, head of Council for Human Rights says

The head of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights has compared the new prison complex in Wadi Al-Natroun to a five-star hotel. Ambassador Moushira Khattab told journalist Ahmed Moussa...

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July 31, 2023

Turkiye earns $21.7bn from tourism in first half of 2023

Turkiye’s tourism revenues rose by 27 per cent to $21.7 billion during the January-June period this year, official figures from TurkStat showed on Monday. The country hosted 22.2 million...

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July 31, 2023

Turkiye rescues 45 migrants pushed back by Greece

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 45 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea on Monday. The migrants, from Afghanistan, were pushed back illegally into Turkish territorial waters by the Greek...

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July 31, 2023

Flight instructor, aviation student killed in plane crash in Iran

A flight instructor and an aviation student were killed when their plane crashed on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran today, state media reported. The Tecnam plane crashed...

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July 31, 2023

Kuwait raises army enlistment age to 55

Kuwait yesterday raised the age of army enlistment to 55, while lifting limits of those wishing to re-volunteer in the military, KUNA reports. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of...

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