Tehran’s thirst: Water scarcity exposes regime decay | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsTehran’s dams are failing due to decades of human error, not just climate change. The deepening water crisis risks nationwide protests,…
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Tehran’s thirst: Water scarcity exposes regime decay
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French interior minister likely to visit Algeria as relations thaw
By Alessandro Parodi
(Reuters) -French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country’s release of writer Boualem Sansal as a glimmer of hope that relations…
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Iran employing ‘calibrated concessions’ as it deepens political crackdown on dissent
DUBAI (Reuters) — On Tehran’s bustling streets, signs of change are unmistakable. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, men and women linger together in cafés where Western music hums softly, and couples stroll hand-in-hand —…
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Suicide bombers who attacked Pakistan were Afghan nationals, Pakistan interior minister says
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday that both suicide bombers involved in the attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Writing by Surbhi Misra; Editing by YP…
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Turkey says Gaza stabilisation force must guarantee lasting ceasefire
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s main expectation from a planned International Stabilisation Force in Gaza is for it to provide guarantees that the fragile ceasefire will last, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
NATO member Turkey has been one of…
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Turkey: too early to say what caused deadly plane crash
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday it was too early to say what caused the crash this week of a military cargo plane in Georgia in which 20 soldiers died, and inspections continue.
The C-130 cargo aircraft had left…
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Analysis-Iran’s dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI (Reuters) -On Tehran’s bustling streets, signs of change are unmistakable. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, men and women linger together in cafés where Western music hums softly, and couples stroll hand-in-hand…
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Palestinian reports: Settlers torch, vandalize West Bank mosque
According to the Wafa news agency, settlers set fire to the entrance of the mosque and sprayed threatening graffiti on its outer walls. The arson comes a day after the IDF acknowledged a sharp rise in cases of Jewish terrorism in the West Bank,…
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Analysis-Australia’s green energy push, Pacific ties face setback from COP31 impasse
By Peter Hobson and Valerie Volcovici
CANBERRA/BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its vulnerable Pacific island neighbours if its bid to…
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Royal ransoms, a top money-maker for Mali’s jihadist kidnappers
At least $50 million for the freedom of an Emirati sheikh: that is the king’s ransom paid two weeks ago to jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda who are pushing to topple the Malian government and impose Islamic law.
Alongside a crippling fuel blockade,…
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