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Iraq unveils bold strategy to curb poverty through six-sector plan
Shafaq News
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2025-06-04T14:03:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq is set to launch a sweeping five-year anti-poverty strategy aimed at protecting vulnerable communities through targeted action across six vital sectors, the Ministry of...
Science behind summer: What hot weather does to our bodies - calmer, thinner and hornier
Daily Star
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June 4, 2025
16:35, 04 Jun 2025Updated 16:35, 04 Jun 2025 Sumer is finally here – but did you know that the sunny season can have all sort of weird and wonderful effects on your body? Boffins have recently found evidence that we get drunker during summer than...
Iran’s Khamenei remains steadfast on uranium enrichment
BusinessLIVE
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Tehran said it wants to master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and has long denied accusations by Western powers that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Reuters reported on Monday that Tehran was poised to reject the US proposal as...
Middle East tourism spend to jump 50% to $350bn by 2030
Trade Arabia
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The total tourism spend in the Middle East by 2030 will be 50% higher than in 2024, generating expenditure of nearly $350 billion, according to A new report compiled by Tourism Economics on behalf of Arabian Travel Market (ATM). The ATM Travel...
Israel is accelerating its annexation of the occupied West Bank
The New Arab
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June 4, 2025
On 29 May, Israel announced the establishment of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank - marking the largest expansion of its kind since the 1993 Oslo Accords. Several of these settlements already exist as outposts, built without government...
Israeli arms exports hit record $14.8 billion despite boycotts and war criticism
CTech
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June 4, 2025
Israel's defense exports broke an all-time record in 2024, reaching approximately $14.8 billion, even as the country remained embroiled in the longest war in its history and faced mounting political pressure, primarily from European nations, to...
Türkiye taking steps to increase Syria’s defense capacity: Güler
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye is taking steps to increase Syria’s defense capacity through military-to-military cooperation, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler has said, emphasizing that ongoing deconfliction talks with Israel does not mean normalization. “We have...
Turkey backing Syria's military and has no immediate withdrawal plans, defence minister says
The Straits Times
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June 4, 2025
‹‹ 1 of 2 Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler takes part in a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 2 of 2 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by...
Why Iraq should build bridges with its ‘new’ neighbor, Syria
Atlantic Council
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June 4, 2025
Since the opposition ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Western powers have cautiously embraced Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa as the country’s new legitimate leader. The new Syrian government, consisting of technocrats and high-profile...
Exclusive: Greece to lobby Egypt against Haftar endorsing Turkey-Libya maritime deal
Middle East Eye
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June 4, 2025
Greece is expected to ask Egypt to intervene to dissuade the government in eastern Libya backed by General Khalifa Haftar from ratifying a maritime agreement with Turkey, Middle East Eye can reveal. Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is...
Iran’s ayatollah criticises US proposal for new nuclear deal
Euronews
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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 04/06/2025 - 16:38 GMT+2 Iran's supreme leader criticised an initial proposal from the United States on Wednesday regarding negotiations over Tehran's advancing nuclear programme but stopped...
Israel arms exports hit all time high in 2024: ministry
The Sun Daily
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June 4, 2025
JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence ministry said Wednesday that its arms exports hit an all-time high of more than $14.7 billion in 2024, with a sharp rise in deals with Arab Gulf states, despite international criticism of Israel’s ongoing war against...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Rejects US Nuclear Deal Offer
StratNews Global
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June 4, 2025
Home Iran Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Rejects US Nuclear Deal Offer After five rounds of talks, key hurdles persist, including Iran’s demand to enrich uranium domestically and refusal to export its highly enriched uranium stockpile. Iran’s...
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'Who are you to decide...': Iran's Khamenei rejects Trump's proposal for new nuclear deal
Firstpost
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June 4, 2025
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday firmly rejected a key U.S. demand to end uranium enrichment, declaring it “100% against the country’s interests” and dismissing Washington’s push for a new nuclear agreement. “The proposal...
Ali Khamenei rejects core tenets of US proposal for nuclear deal with Iran
The Gazette - Colorado
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared to reject the framework of the United States's proposal for a new deal relating to his nation's nuclear enrichment programs. In a Wednesday speech, the ayatollah dismissed the plan given to Iranian...
Outline is emerging of US offer to Iran in high-stakes nuclear negotiations
Naharnet
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The outline of the U.S. offer to Iran in their high-stakes negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program is starting to become clearer — but whether any deal is on the horizon remains as cloudy as ever. Reaching a deal is one of the several...
Amid Gaza War, Israel Defense Exports Jump 13% in 2024 to Record $15 bln
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 4, 2025
Israel's defense exports rose 13% in 2024 to a record of nearly $15 billion, led by missiles, rockets and air-defense systems with over half the deliveries going to European militaries, the government said on Wednesday. Military exports, the...
Waites Sensor Technologies Extends Predictive Maintenance Leadership with EMEA and APAC Growth
Automation.com
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June 4, 2025
Waites Sensor Technologies Extends Predictive Maintenance Leadership with EMEA and APAC Growth CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 4, 2025 - Waites Sensor Technologies, Inc. (Waites), the leader in AI-driven predictive maintenance solutions, today announced...
Majority of British people support arms embargo on Israel
Middle East Eye
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June 4, 2025
A majority of British people support a full arms embargo on Israel, according to a new poll commissioned by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. The poll, conducted by Opinium Research between 30 May and 2 June, found that 57 percent of people think...
UAE, Egypt Presidents strengthen fraternal ties and cooperation
Emirati Times
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June 4, 2025
Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during his fraternal visit to the UAE. The meeting took place at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi and focused on the...