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Turkey's Brics membership hopes are dashed for now
Middle East Eye
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July 7, 2025
Foreign investors were intrigued when Turkey, last year, applied to become the first Nato country to join the Brics economic bloc. Despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's years of public statements hinting that Ankara was considering joining...
Israeli forces arrest veteran Palestinian journalist in West Bank raid
Middle East Eye
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July 7, 2025
Israeli forces arrested veteran Palestinian journalist Dr Nasser al-Lahham during a violent raid on his home in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem early Monday morning. Lahham, a 58-year-old journalist with over 30 years of experience...
Iran’s Islamic Propagation Organization denies offering bounty on Trump
Iran Front Page
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July 7, 2025
Iran’s Islamic Propagation Organization has officially denied any involvement in setting a bounty on US President Donald Trump, following viral social media posts suggesting such a reward was being offered. The organization’s head of public...
Hamas and Israel resume talks as Netanyahu set to meet Trump
Khaleej Times
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Hamas and Israel were resuming talks in Qatar on Monday, a Palestinian official said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, who has pushed for a "deal this week" between the foes. The latest...
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Washington lifts terror label on HTS as Syria begins transitional phase
Firstpost
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July 7, 2025
The United States stated on Monday that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group originally connected to Al-Qaeda that overthrew Syria’s government in December, would no longer be designated as a “foreign terrorist organisation”. “In consultation with...
Iran accuses detained activist of propaganda in favor of Israel
Iran International
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July 7, 2025
The charge was brought under Article 8 of the Law on Confronting Israeli Actions. Ronaghi was arrested on June 23 by order of Tehran’s prosecutor and the Culture and Media Court, and a 30-day temporary detention order has been issued. He is being...
Gaza Talks: Netanyahu To Meet Trump Amid Hamas-Israel Negotiations
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Hamas and Israel were resuming talks in Qatar on Monday, a Palestinian official said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, who has pushed for a "deal this week"...
Gaza civil defence says 12 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces
Khaleej Times
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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 12 people on Monday, including six in a clinic housing Palestinians displaced after 21 months of war. Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip, where the...
Iranian Director Soheil Beiraghi on Controversial ‘Bidad’: ‘It’s Not My Problem What the Islamic Republic Will Do to Me When I’m Back. It’s Theirs’
Variety
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July 7, 2025
Iranian director Soheil Beiraghi is coming to Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present the independently made drama “Bidad.” But he won’t be joined by his cast and crew. “They decided not to come. I respect their decision, but I need to stand by my...
Gaza Crisis: 12 Palestinians Dead In Israeli Strikes, Clinic Targeted
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 12 people on Monday, including six in a clinic housing Palestinians displaced after 21 months of war. Israel has recently expanded its military operations in...
US leader believes Israel, Hamas truce could drive greater peace in the region. That may be wishful thinking
The New Zealand Herald
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July 7, 2025
In Trump’s view - and possibly that of Netanyahu - a fresh truce could pave the way for a far greater peace in the Middle East. Trump is keen to revive the spirit of the Abraham Accords, the normalisation deals between Israel and a small number of...
Egypt’s Role in Gaza Truce Talks Draws Scrutiny as Deal Hangs in Balance
Media Line
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July 7, 2025
As Israeli and Hamas negotiators circle a possible ceasefire, the question looming over the talks isn’t just about hostages or withdrawal—it’s about Egypt. In Keren Setton’s new piece for The Media Line, analysts argue that Cairo’s deeper...
Chinese Media, Typically Supportive of Elon Musk, Dismiss America Party as ‘High-Profile Bargaining Chip’
Breitbart
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July 7, 2025
Chinese regime-approved experts quoted by the country’s state media outlets warned Beijing-friendly billionaire Elon Musk that “entrenched systems cannot be uprooted by idealism alone” on Sunday after Musk announced that he had created a new...
Iran’s president accuses Israel of attempting to assassinate him
The Arabian Stories
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July 7, 2025
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said in an interview that Israel had attempted to assassinate him. “They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed,” Pezeshkian told US media figure Tucker Carlson in response to a...
Iranian President Claims Assassination Attempt by Israel, Open to Nuclear Talks with U.S.
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has claimed that Israel attempted to assassinate him during the recent 12-day conflict between the two countries. In an interview released on Monday with American...
Israel arrests Al Mayadeen's Palestine bureau chief in West Bank
The New Arab
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July 7, 2025
Several workers at Al-Mayadeen have been killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon during cross-border clashes with Hezbollah [Getty] The Palestine bureau chief of TV news channel Al-Mayadeen has been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied...
Syria resumes direct flights to Libya
The Libya Observer
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Syria has announced the resumption of direct commercial flights to Libya for the first time in more than ten years, signaling renewed ties between the two countries after a prolonged period of conflict and isolation. The head of Syria’s Civil...
US air strikes on Iran were absolutely necessary, says Patel
Express & Star
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Dame Priti Patel has urged ministers to “come off the fence” over whether US air strikes on Iran “were absolutely necessary” earlier this summer. The Conservative frontbencher pressed Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer for details about the...
U.S. revoking 'terrorist' designation for Syria's HTS
The Hindu
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July 7, 2025
The Assad regime was toppled after more than 13 years of civil war by a rebel offensive led by Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States on Monday (July 7, 2025) announced it was revoking its...
Iran Gets Significant Diplomatic Boost
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
Iran received a major diplomatic boost at the BRICS summit in Brazil, where the group of emerging powers condemned recent airstrikes on Iranian territory. In a joint statement, the bloc criticized "the military strikes against the Islamic Republic...