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Middle East Energy Investment Accelerates With Announcements from GE Vernova and Ansaldo Energia

Turbomachinery International ·

Recent announcements from GE Vernova and Ansaldo Energia underscore a growing wave of energy investment across the Middle East, reflecting the region’s intensified push toward energy security, sustainability, and infrastructure modernization. In...

Trump shapes new Middle East through Syria

Enab Baladi · June 2, 2025

Enab Baladi – Hani Karazi “The era of Western intervention in Syria and the Middle East is over, and the partitioning of Syria in the past was a big mistake,” unprecedented statements by Trump’s envoy to Syria reflect the American approach toward...

Post-revolution: A critical threshold for Turkmen in Syria

Sabah · June 2, 2025

In the Middle East, power, resources and wealth distribution often trigger internal conflicts within and between countries, emerging from or still embroiled in violent confrontations. However, research on governance and public policy regarding...

Türkiye's offshore gas strategy in Black Sea: Role of Osman Gazi

Sabah · June 2, 2025

Türkiye’s energy diplomacy is centered around three primary goals: ensuring supply security, increasing localization in energy production and fostering predictable markets. In classical terms, supply security means having sufficient energy to meet...

Trump's eagerness for a win is undermining his efforts to secure deals on Iran and Ukraine

The National News ·

US President Donald Trump continues to empower his special envoy to the Middle East and Ukraine, Steve Witkoff, whom he considers among his closest confidants outside his family. He believes Mr Witkoff’s experience in business negotiations will...

U.S. Government Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria

JD Supra - California · June 2, 2025

On May 23, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Syria General License 25 (“GL 25”), effectively lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria. This move follows President Trump’s announcement on May 13, 2025, during a...

Israel seeks ceasefire that ensures release of its prisoners but retains Gaza genocide

Middle East Monitor · June 2, 2025

As part of efforts to end the unprecedented livestream genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza, the Tump administration has recruited Palestinian-American businessman, Bishara Bahbah, to advance the ceasefire proposal...

'No Other Land' directors fume as Israeli military blocks media trip

The National News ·

Live updates: Follow the latest on Israel-Gaza “The next time your politicians call this country the only democracy in the Middle East, film this so that they can see how democratic it really is. Film the reality and truth of what they’re doing to...

A Void in the Feed? Reassessing the Impact of TechCrunch’s European Exit on Startups and Storytellers

TechTrendsKE · June 2, 2025

Once the beating heart of the European tech story, TechCrunch was the stage for all manner of bold ideas, scrappy startups, and voices that help shape innovation across the continent. That voice went silent this past month. News of the closure...

US citizen who joined ISIS in Syria sentenced to 10 years in prison

The National News ·

A naturalised US citizen who pleaded guilty to receiving military training from ISIS was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in federal prison. Lirim Sylejmani, 49, engaged in at least one battle against US-led forces after he entered Syria in 2015,...

Fragile diplomacy tested as Iran resists nuclear compromise with US

Ynet · June 2, 2025

Israel was not surprised by reports suggesting that Iran is set to reject the latest U.S. nuclear proposal. The key question now is whether the United States will continue pursuing negotiations—or return to the military option, as President Donald...

Iran set to reject U.S. nuclear proposal over uranium enrichment demand, report says

The Globe and Mail · June 3, 2025

Open this photo in gallery:Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Tehran will formal respond to the proposal soon.AFP/Getty Images Iran is poised to reject a U.S. proposal to end a decades-old nuclear dispute, an Iranian diplomat said on...

Mark Levin: ‘For All Intents and Purposes, Iran Now Has a Nuclear Weapon’

Breitbart · June 2, 2025

Sunday on FNC’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” host Mark Levin opened his program with a warning about Iran and its nuclear ambitions.During his show’s opening monologue, he declared “for all intents and purposes” that Iran was a nuclear power. I...

Israel will ‘regret' if nuclear facilities attacked: Iran

Yeni Safak ·

Iran warned Monday that Israel will “regret” any attack on the country's nuclear facilities amid rising tensions between the two regional arch-foes. “Any threat against peaceful nuclear installations is a gross violation of international law,”...

Livestream: US and Israel play ceasefire tricks with Hamas

The Electronic Intifada · June 2, 2025

Eli Gerzon The Electronic Intifada Podcast 2 June 2025 ”Israel and the Hebrew press is saying this openly – they’re saying they’re trying to trick Hamas,” journalist and author Jeremy Scahill observed on The Electronic Intifada Livestream for 29...

Researchers Recreate Ancient Egyptian Blues

ScienceDaily ·

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. Reporting in the journal, NPJ Heritage Science, the researchers...

From soul to spectacle: How Iraqi music lost its voice

Shafaq News ·

Shafaq News/ Once steeped in spiritual and emotional richness, Iraq’s music now struggles against noise, nostalgia, and a shifting cultural identity. Despite its historical richness and deep emotional resonance, Iraqi music has steadily lost much...

Shorooq gets LP cheque from pan-Arab DFI for second venture debt fund

VC Circle ·

Credit: 123RF.com Shorooq Partners, an Abu Dhabi-based multi-asset investment firm backed by ten sovereign wealth funds, has secured the backing of a regional financial institution for its second tech-focused venture debt vehicle. The investment...

Iran ‘poised to dismiss US proposal in nuclear talks’

Gulf Daily News Online ·

Iran is poised to reject a US proposal to end a decades-old nuclear dispute, an Iranian diplomat said yesterday, dismissing it as a ‘non-starter’ that fails to address Tehran’s interests or soften Washington’s stance on uranium enrichment. “Iran...

[BREAKING] AXIAN Telecom Acquires 8% Stake in Jumia Technologies

TechTrendsKE · June 2, 2025

AXIAN Telecom, the pan-African telecommunications service provider, has acquired a minority stake in e-commerce platform Jumia. The company announced on Monday that it had filed a beneficial ownership report on Schedule 13D with the U.S....