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Iran Update, July 15, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability...
Turkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu hit with jail term
Deutsche Welle
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July 16, 2025
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, was on Wednesday handed a prison sentence for insulting a prosecutor, according to Turkish state media. Imamoglu, the main political rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been in jail pending...
'What a Coincidence': Netanyahu Corruption Trial Adjourned as Israel Bombs Syria
Common Dreams
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July 16, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony in his criminal corruption trial was cut short Wednesday as Israeli airstrikes pounded Damascus, the Syrian capital, despite considerable efforts by that country's rulers to appease Israel. Al...
UK police use Palestine Action proscription to target protest mentioning “Gaza” and “genocide”
World Socialist Web Site
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July 16, 2025
A protester waving a Palestine flag and displaying a sign saying “Israel is committing genocide” was harassed by police and threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act this Monday. The event in Canterbury shows the march to a police state being...
Khamenei claims Israel war aimed to overthrow Iran’s system
The Sun Daily
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July 16, 2025
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Israel of launching last month’s military strikes with the intention of weakening Iran’s political system and inciting unrest to overthrow it. In a statement published on his...
[UAE president visits Turkey to deepen strategic ties with Erdogan
Yemen Online
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July 16, 2025
UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed traveled to Turkey on Wednesday, according to reports in Emirati media. He is expected to meet with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and there are many issues on the agenda. Burhanettin Duran, communications director for the...
CUNY Fires Four Adjunct Professors amidst Palestine Advocacy Crackdown
The Palestine Chronicle
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July 16, 2025
Four adjunct professors at the City University of New York (CUNY) say the university fired them because of their activism for PalestinE. (Photo: Screen grab) By Palestine Chronicle Staff City University of New York (CUNY) is facing a wave of...
GAA Palestine 'beyond devastated' that children's tour to Ireland will not go ahead
The Irish Post
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July 16, 2025
AN ORGANISATION set up to bring Gaelic Games to Palestine has said it is 'beyond devastated' that a planned summer tour of Ireland will no longer go ahead. GAA Palestine was founded last year by Stephen Redmond, an Irishman living in England, who...
Nigeria targets 25% OPEC quota hike by 2027
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
Nigeria is preparing to seek a 25 per cent increase in its crude oil production quota from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by 2027, citing growing domestic demand as justification. Group Chief Executive Officer of the...
Nigeria’s Oil Production Rises Above OPEC Quota
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
News Investigators/ Nigeria has in June exceeded its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) crude oil production, the second time in 2025. OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for...
If antisemitism is surging across the world, why aren’t more Jews moving to Israel?
All Israel News
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July 16, 2025
It's happening in Athens. In Australia. In Poland. In the United States. Masked rioters storm a kosher restaurant. Swastikas and anti-Israel slurs are scrawled across a Jewish cemetery. A synagogue is set on fire. According to the Anti-Defamation...
WATCH: Israel Bombs Syrian Military HQ to Protect Druze Arabs from Massacre
Breitbart
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July 16, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a surprise attack Wednesday on the new Syrian regime, bombing the country’s military headquarters as part of an operation to protect Druze Arabs from being massacred. In recent days, the Syrian military —...
UNRWA: Israel Kills a Classroom of Children Daily in Gaza
Jordan News
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July 16, 2025
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has estimated that since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been killing the equivalent of an entire classroom of children every day in Gaza—where a typical...
UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese demands global action to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 15, 2025
Bogota, July 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory has said that it is time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Francesca Albanese spoke to...
Philadelphia People’s Tribunal finds Israel, U.S. guilty of war crimes and genocide in Gaza
WHYY FM - Pennsylvania
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July 16, 2025
Eric Hammel, a West Philadelphia resident and member of Jewish Boomers Against Occupation in Palestine, attended the announcement of the jury’s findings on Wednesday morning at the Friends Center in Center City. He said he has a personal...
Marco Rubio Reacts to Israel Strikes on Syria
Newsweek
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July 16, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is "very concerned" about Israel's strikes on Syria, as the violence escalates. There are clashes between Syrian government forces and local Druze fighters, a religious minority group Israel is...
Ahead of 50th anniversary, Iran pays tribute to Sholay with full-page feature
Bollywood Hungama
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July 16, 2025
en Bollywood News Bollywood Hungama News Network https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/ Ahead of 50th anniversary, Iran pays tribute to Sholay with full-page feature With just a month to go before Sholay marks its 50th anniversary, the iconic 1975...
Spending Cuts, Iran Strikes, Epstein Row: Where Americans Stand On Trump's Actions?
News18
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July 16, 2025
Last Updated:July 16, 2025, 18:11 IST New polls show broad public disapproval of Donald Trump's domestic spending bill, handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, and military strikes on Iran. US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office. (Reuters...
Official: Gaza deal ‘more likely than not,’ as Israel said to retract withdrawal demands
The Times of Israel
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July 16, 2025
A hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is “more likely than not,” a senior Israeli official said Wednesday, as two sources involved in the mediating efforts told The Times of Israel that a window to reach a deal within days has opened after...
Official says Gaza deal ‘more likely than not,’ as Israel said to retract pullback demands
The Times of Israel
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July 16, 2025
A hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is “more likely than not,” a senior Israeli official said Wednesday, as two sources involved in the mediating efforts told The Times of Israel that a window to reach a deal within days has opened after...