The popemobile used by the late pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem re-emerged on Tuesday as a mobile children’s clinic to be deployed in Gaza.
The vehicle is still unmistakeable as a popemobile: pristine white inside and out, and with the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military not to obey illegal orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the US Congress who in a video message told members of the military they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders, a Justice Department official…
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Saudi crown prince’s pushback on Israel normalization reportedly irked Trump
Report says US president was ‘disappointed and angry’ after MBS cited domestic opposition to normalizing ties with Jewish state * NY prosecutors to retry suspect in 1979 disappearance of Jewish boy Etan Patz
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Police said probing whether embattled senior cop tried to promote his relative
Deputy Commissioner Manny Binyamin, the embattled head of the Israel Police’s major crime unit, is suspected of trying to promote a relative of his to a senior position, Hebrew media reported Tuesday.
Earlier this month, the Lahav 433…
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Former PM Kadhimi: Vote shows Iraqis turning toward new leadership
Mustafa al-Kadhimi told Al-Monitor that the strong performances of parties that ran on their own, as opposed to those on lists, indicate a desire to shake up the status quo.
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Gulf AI ambitions clash with US tech dependency
Gulf AI ambitions clash with US tech dependency | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East“AI is a state of sovereignty,” UAE Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri said. “You spend budgets on defense, on cyber, you have to spend on…
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Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood move rekindles US debate over Islamist movement
The executive order targeting Muslim Brotherhood chapters comes after President Trump weighed designating the entire movement in his first term.
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Israel says Gaza hostage coffin received
Israel said on Tuesday it had received the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, with the remains undergoing forensic examination to determine their identity.
Prior to this latest handover, the bodies of three deceased hostages were still being held…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to start serving his prison sentence of more than 27 years for a coup-plot conviction, according to a court document.
Justice Alexandre de…
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Iran’s mismanagement in focus as fires ravage 25-million-year-old forests
Prolonged wildfires are raging across Iran’s northern Hyrcanian forests, highlighting mismanagement, insufficient resources and climate stress, and forcing volunteers and foreign aid to intervene.
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