Hundreds of farmers across the country demonstrated on Monday to protest against the government’s planned reforms of the agricultural dairy industry that they charge will destroy local businesses.
Farmers and dairy farmers gathered at…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Israel’s labor market shifts amid war
After more than two years of war, Israel’s labor market is feeling the consequences, undergoing a striking transformation as longstanding employment patterns are reshaped by new policies, security developments, and shifting economic needs.One…
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Arab media split over Trump-Netanyahu Mar-a-Lago meeting
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on December 29, the encounter was framed in Washington and Jerusalem as a reaffirmation of strategic alignment.Across the Arab world, however, the meeting…
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Iran protests enter ninth day as Trump renews intervention threat
A wave of protests sparked by Iran’s failing economy has entered its ninth day, as President Donald Trump renewed his threat of US intervention.
On Sunday, videos published online showed demonstrations in Tehran, as well as Fars, Ilam, North…
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Turkey to stress ‘strategic priority’ of Black Sea security at Ukraine meeting in Paris
ANKARA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister will stress the “strategic priority” of maintaining security in the Black Sea at a summit on Ukraine in Paris this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Monday.
French President…
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US State Department warns Iran in Farsi post amid protests
The US State Department’s Farsi account on Sunday published a picture of President Donald Trump along with the caption, Don’t play games with President Trump,” written in red text in Farsi.The post featured a picture of Trump alongside US…
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Iran announces cash aid after week of protests in 40 cities
Following a week of protests in 40 cities with 12 estimated fatalities, the Iranian government announced a financial relief program to ease economic hardship caused by extended sanctions, the devaluation of the national currency and rising…
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For Israel, capture of Venezuela’s Maduro seen as setback for Iran, Hezbollah
Considering Venezuela an ally of Iran and Hezbollah, Israel welcomed the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro by American forces.
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Iranian protesters urge Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to take action
The line on the other end of the phone went silent. Then, suddenly, a voice broke through. This is one of the ways Iranians inside Iran have managed to communicate when it has been difficult for the outside world to understand what is truly…
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Trump: US believes Ukraine did not strike Putin residence, despite Russian claims
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that US officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing…
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