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EGYPT PARTNERS WITH ZAMBIA TO TRAIN ENGINEERS, BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY
EGYPT PARTNERS WITH ZAMBIA TO TRAIN ENGINEERS, BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY The Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with Egypt, has commenced a capacity-building workshop aimed at equipping local engineers...
HP Commences Operations at First Global Tech Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia
HP today announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and confirmed an AI R&D Center of Excellence (CoE) in Dhahran official opening. These investments support local talent development, citizen...
Students threaten 'to behead' Israeli professor
Masked students stormed a lecture by Professor Michael Ben-Gad at City University of London on Wednesday and threatened to behead him, according to the professor and British media reports. The students arrived with their faces covered by...
Iraqi Kirkuk Crude Exports Set at 12 Cargoes in November
Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Dr. Mohammed Al Jasser has opened the market at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to celebrate the listing of IsDB’s €500 million Green Sukuk, issued under its enhanced 2025 Sustainable Finance...
Who is Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, Saudi Arabia's new grand mufti?
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti of the Kingdom, according to a royal decree. The appointment was made based on a proposal by Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
Rubio at Gaza coordination HQ: Israel has met its ceasefire commitments, Hamas must disarm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the latest top US official to visit Israel, said Friday that “there is no plan B” for Gaza, only US President Donald Trump’s broad peace plan, and that annexation of the West Bank by Israel would be “a threat to...
Who among former East Cleveland area high school stars will participate in events the week of Monday, Oct. 27?
The week starting Monday, Oct. 27 will feature action from these former East Cleveland area high school stars. Abdou Dieye Marian Knights Freshman 6′5″ 285 Cleveland Heights High School Hometown: Cleveland Next Game: vs. St. Francis Fighting...
Children in Gaza risk becoming 'lost generation' if school not restarted soon, UN says
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza are on the verge of becoming a "lost generation" unless school is quickly restarted, the United Nations warned on Friday. “This is the third year that there has been no school,” Edouard...
Egyptian musicians are angry over no invite for GEM's opening
Billed as Egypt's largest cultural event in years, the opening ceremony of the GEM will be held on 1 November, a long-awaited event that was delayed several times due to domestic and regional unrest. [Getty] Several Egyptian musicians are upset...
Who are the former high school athletes from North Hennepin County area competing during the week of Monday, Oct. 27?
The week starting Monday, Oct. 27 will feature action from these former North Hennepin County area high school stars. AbdulBatin Jinadu Drake Bulldogs Defensive lineman Freshman 6′1″ 255 Champlin Park High School Hometown: Champlin Next Game: vs....
Surge in attacks: Israeli settlers terrorise Palestinian olive farmers
Settler attacks on Palestinian olive growers in the occupied West Bank this year have surged to four times the level recorded before the Gaza war began two years ago, the Palestinian Farmers' Union said. There was an average of three attacks a day...
New UN Nominee: Walk Out on Bibi & Get An Elite UN Position To Harm Israel
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated former Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to lead one of the world’s most powerful UN agencies. If confirmed, De Croo would be ensconced in a role that gives him major influence over global...
Nebraska Governor’s Israel Trade Mission Sparks Backlash from Local Advocates
Following Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen’s announcement Thursday that he will embark on a trade mission to Israel next week, local advocates have condemned the move. Nebraskans for Palestine, a local advocacy group opposed to the genocide in Gaza,...
Turkmenistan, Iraq sign MoU on Energy Sector
By John Lee. The fourth round of political consultations between the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Turkmenistan was held on Monday, 20 October 2025, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. The Iraqi delegation was headed by...
Superyacht pilot among 3 Singaporeans named as co-conspirators of Cambodian tycoon in US probe
SINGAPORE – Three Singaporeans allegedly implicated in a major probe by the United States and Britain targeting cybercrime include a self-styled yacht expert. Mr Nigel Tang Wan Bao Nabil, who goes by the moniker “Captain Nigel Tang”, has appeared...
Gaza protests force Israeli restaurant chain to shut down
A chain of Israeli restaurants in Washington DC has been forced to close all of its branches after a backlash from pro-Palestinian protesters. The Israeli and Jewish-American co-owners of Shouk, which opened its first branch in 2016, were left...
Three train cars derail over Turkey Creek near Ozark Christian College
Three cars in a CPKC train traveling over Turkey Creek in the north part of Joplin derailed at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. CPKC said in a written statement sent to the city of Joplin that no one was injured and the rail cars that jumped the tracks...
Students hold vigil commemorating lives lost during Oct. 7
Students held a vigil commemorating lives lost on Oct. 7. (Bri Nitsberg | Student Life) Roughly 150 WashU students and community members gathered in Brookings Quadrangle at sunset to remember lives lost during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel in...
Embracing megatrends for human development in the Middle East and North Africa
What if some of the greatest challenges facing our region—aging populations, climate pressures, and rapid technological change—could become our biggest opportunities? In the Middle East and North Africa region we stand at a crossroads. The choices...
Middle East Writes The Prologue Of A New World
While growing up, the Middle East was described to us in the language of war and dust. As a region of blood and conflicts. From the Arab-Israeli wars that redrew borders, to the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s that claimed nearly a million lives, to...