Two Australian nurses have been stood down after a video appeared to show them threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing to treat them.
The man and woman – both employees at a Sydney hospital – are now being investigated by…
Category: 3. Middle East
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‘Saudi is the best!’: Why are TikTok mumfluencers lauding desert megacity?
Expat “mumfluencers” are taking to TikTok to sing the praises of life in Saudi Arabia and to extol the virtues of its new NEOM megacity, filming their idyllic lives spent picnicking by turquoise waters and shopping in gleaming malls.
“If you have…
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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country — until China stepped in with the necessary funding.
In the Cook Islands, traditionally bound to New…
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Gazan family allowed to enter UK through Ukraine refugee scheme
Palestinians looking to flee Gaza have been granted the right to live in the United Kingdom by applying through a program meant for Ukrainian refugees, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
A British immigration judge ruled that a family of six…
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Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover plans in talks with Jordan’s king
U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his demand that Jordan permanently take in Palestinians while the U.S. takes over Gaza. Tuesday’s White House meeting came amid a possible collapse of the fragile ceasefire between Hamas and…
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Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover plan to Jordan’s King Abdullah
WASHINGTON —King Abdullah II was at the White House on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his demand that Jordan permanently take in Palestinians and support the United States to take over Gaza — a plan that Trump said…
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Iraqi president sues PM, finance minister over unpaid salaries
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, who is a Kurd, filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Finance Minister Taif Sami over the delayed salaries of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) civil servants.
The lawsuit,…
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Iran pushes diplomatic blitz to thwart Trump's Gaza relocation plan
With its regional proxies decimated in Israeli attacks, Iran is seeking to restore its position within the new regional dynamics by encouraging Islamic countries to mobilize against President Donald Trump’s Gaza policies.
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UNRWA operates in East Jerusalem despite Israeli ban
UNRWA – the agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees – is still operating in East Jerusalem, even though Israel’s ban on the agency went into effect last week. As Amy Guttman reports from East Jerusalem, refugee advocates are proposing…
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Sisi postpones Washington visit amid tensions over Trump’s Gaza plan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s visit to Washington has been postponed indefinitely, according to Al Arabiya on Tuesday.
Sisi was originally meant to visit Washington on February 18 but has been delayed due to Cairo’s opposition to…
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