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Inside: Sheikh, known for sport and superyachts, also pushes UAE’s influence in Sudan, Libya
The New Zealand Herald
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June 30, 2025
And when Sudan’s conflict exploded, in April 2023, Mansour helped the general wage war. Charities controlled by Mansour set up a hospital, saying they were treating civilians. But that humanitarian effort was also a cover for the secret Emirati...
A Tanker Carrying A Million Barrels Of Oil Exploded Off The Coast Of Libya
Charter 97
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5 Prior to that, the vessel had twice called at Russian ports. The oil tanker Vilamoura, carrying 1 million barrels of oil, exploded off the coast of Libya. The ship had twice called at Russian ports, Bloomberg reported. The Vilamoura tanker is...
Libya: Standoff with Libyans Prompts UNSMIL to Warn Public, Officials
The Tripoli Post
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June 29, 2025
Tripoli— The latest protests by Libyans against the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL) are deepening the distrust between the two parties and have prompted UNSMIL, for the first time since 2011, to remind both the Libyan public and...
Libyan Media: Benghazi-based Govt Ready to Ratify Maritime Deal With Turkey
To Vima
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June 29, 2025
Libyan media on Sunday were reporting that the North African country’s House of Representatives was moving towards a “unanimous” ratification this week of a controversial 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime accord, citing an unnamed deputy. The report was...
The Media Line: Syrian Gov’t Source: Peace Agreement With Israel Possible by End of 2025
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 29, 2025
Syrian Gov’t Source: Peace Agreement With Israel Possible by End of 2025 The source says Israel would gradually withdraw from recently controlled territories, including the summit of Mount Hermon. The area could be transformed into a “peace...
Greece deploys warships near Libya
Libyan Express
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June 29, 2025
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos MitsotakisGreece has announced the deployment of three warships in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and Libya, citing the need to control the flow of migrants coming from Libya, according to Turkish media...
Worst Soccer Players of All Time: Ranking the Top 15
Sports Illustrated - New York
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July 1, 2025
In soccer, players usually become unforgettable in one of two ways. The first—and certainly the preferred method—is by being great at the sport. Think Lionel Messi dancing through defences, Cristiano Ronaldo scoring goals for fun, or Zlatan...
Libyan Envoy Presses UN for Swift Political Roadmap
Media Line
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June 25, 2025
Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, warned the Security Council on Tuesday in New York that his country “cannot tolerate” any further delays in the UN-led political track. He spoke moments after Hanna Tetteh, the...
No end to wars: Trump, Pakistan and the art of self-congratulation
Mint
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June 27, 2025
Against this backdrop, Pakistan’s nomination seems to be motivated by strategic sycophancy, aimed at currying favour with Washington in exchange for ‘diplomatic goodwill.’ In West Asia, Trump has openly favoured Israel across multiple wars. His...
Residents of more than 80% of Gaza Strip receive evacuation orders from Israel — UNRWA
TASS
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July 1, 2025
CAIRO, July 1. /TASS/. Israeli authorities have ordered the evacuation of Gaza residents from more than two-thirds of the enclave’s territory since Israel launched its military operation there in the fall of 2023, a representative of the United...
Algerian Historian Faces 7-Year Sentence Over Controversial Amazigh Remarks on Emirati TV
Watan
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June 26, 2025
Belghith, who was accompanied by a large legal team, is being prosecuted on charges of: Spreading hate speech and discrimination through information technology, Deliberately promoting harmful information likely to disrupt public order, and...
The Iranian Threat To Global Oil Supply Chains Remains
Forbes
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballot during the runoff ... More presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024. P (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images...
The U.S. Attack on Iran Was Unconstitutional
Just Security
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July 1, 2025
Resolving some legal issues requires drawing a line through a gray area. Others can be resolved without having to draw a line, in recognition of an old insight: that there is a dawn and a dusk does not mean there is no noon or no midnight. Whether...
COMMENTARY: Supreme Court’s deference to Trump is astounding
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 1, 2025
The nation's federal judges -- including appointees of presidents of both parties, Donald Trump's among them -- have been the bulwark against Trump's reign of lawlessness on deportations, spending, federal appointments and more. Repeatedly, lower...
CS Mvurya hands over Kasarani stadium for CHAN 2024
Switch TV
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July 1, 2025
Kasarani Stadium Officially Handed Over for CHAN 2024 as Renovations Wrap Up NAIROBI — Kenya marked a key step in its CHAN 2024 preparations on Monday after Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya formally handed over the renovated Kasarani Stadium...
Govt to submit ambassador candidates’ list on July 2
Antara
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July 1, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government will submit its list of Indonesian ambassador candidates to Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) on Wednesday, according to DPR Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. “The State Secretary Minister...
US embassy in Monrovia tells visa applicants to make social media accounts 'public' for vetting
Africanews
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June 25, 2025
Liberians applying for US visas will have to give American authorities access to their social media, according to the US embassy in Monrovia. In a statement posted on its website, the embassy said that people “applying for an F, M, or J...
Fact check: Video does not show people in Qatar protesting against US air base; is from Libyan anti-govt protests in May
Dawn
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June 25, 2025
Posts from users on multiple social media platforms on Wednesday shared a video, claiming that it showed people in Qatar protesting against a United States air base. However, the video is from May, when people in Libya were protesting against...
COLUMNIST: What to do about the War Powers Act?
Ludington Daily News - Michigan
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The Ford Edsel. New Coke. The Sony Betamax. Theranos. Google Glass. Yugoslavia. The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies. The “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” musical. The War Powers Act. Of the many great ideas that turned into colossal duds, the War Powers Act...
History is Repeating Itself in Libya
Asharq Al-Awsat
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As an old Arab proverb goes: “With your people, you won’t perish.” Without the protection and support of one’s people, ruin becomes inevitable. A small problem arises, however, when we seek to determine who counts among “your people”, especially...