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Yle source: PM Orpo urged President Stubb to delay revealing Palestine stance
Yle Uutiset
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August 15, 2025
Finland's President Alexander Stubb would be ready to approve any potential government proposal to recognise the state of Palestine — but the governing coalition is deeply divided on the issue. Open image viewer Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and...
Pro-Palestinian Activists Target Gaza Aid Director’s Home, Threaten Other GHF Executives
Media Line
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August 15, 2025
Pro-Palestinian activists have vandalized the home of John Acree, acting director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), leaving death threats and damaging his vehicle. The incident coincided with demonstrations outside the Tel Aviv hotel...
Who is Marwan Barghouti, often dubbed 'Palestine’s Mandela'?
The National News
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Marwan Barghouti is the most senior Palestinian leader in jail – and the most popular. He is often described in local press and by supporters as the Palestinian Nelson Mandela. On Friday, he appeared in a video for the first time in many years as...
Watch out, Orlando, a new world theme park capital is rising in the Arabian desert
Apple Valley News Now (KAPP) - Washington State
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(CNN) — For decades, Orlando has reigned as the global capital of theme parks — a place where Disney, Universal, SeaWorld and countless other attractions have drawn millions of visitors. But a challenger for the crown has emerged from an unlikely...
A hurdle in Ukraine peace talks planning and heat wave to hit the Southwest: Morning Rundown
NBC News
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August 20, 2025
Some doubts and one big question have emerged in Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine peace talks. A heat wave is set to grip the Southwest, while the East Coast braces for potential effects from Hurricane Erin. And after the NBA got rid of microbets,...
Clippers’ Jackson tops girls invite
Morning Journal - Ohio
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SALEM — Columbiana junior Maddie Jackson took medalist honors at the fourth Columbiana County Girls Golf Invitational on Tuesday. Jackson shot an 18-hole score of 16-over-par 88 at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club.United senior Emma Murphy was the...
Jordan, Egypt consent enhancing cross-border electricity capacity to 2,000MW
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Jordan and Egypt have reached an agreement to increase their electricity interconnection capacity to 2,000 megawatts, enhancing regional energy cooperation, Minister Yarub Qudah said. The deal also supports ongoing trilateral energy...
Keir Starmer told to hold 'emergency Cabinet meeting' on migrant crisis as Tories demand answers for Epping
GB News
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August 20, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer must chair an "emergency Cabinet meeting" to establish plans for deporting illegal immigrants following yesterday's High Court ruling on The Bell hotel in Epping, the Tories have claimed. In a letter to Home Secretary Yvette...
Emirati and Omani firms bid to operate Iraqi airport destroyed by ISIS
The National News
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Iraq's long-shuttered Mosul International Airport, rebuilt after it was devastated by ISIS, has drawn bids from foreign companies as it prepares to enter full commercial service this year. Twelve firms have submitted proposals to run the airport's...
Trump govt considering ban on Muslim Brotherhood—Is the West’s romance with Islamism over?
The Print
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August 20, 2025
For a time, Abdurahman Alamoudi flew with the angels, flitting across the landscape of the most powerful city on earth: Friend to America’s most powerful, he served as Goodwill Ambassador for American Muslims for the State Department, and his...
Israel to allow Palestinians to leave Gaza
Daily Trust
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said Israel would let Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip, as the military prepares a broader offensive in the territory. Past calls to resettle Gazans outside of the war-battered territory, including...
Uzbekistan to establish special fund for Palestinians evacuated from Rafah
Daryo
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August 15, 2025
Uzbekistan to establish special fund for Palestinians evacuated from Rafah A presidential decree published on August 14 has established a special fund to provide support for Palestinians who were brought to Uzbekistan. Source: Saida Mirziyoyeva /...
Palestine solidarity flotilla launches on Kootenay Lake
Nelson Star
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August 12, 2025
The purpose was to express solidarity with all groups trying to bring aid to Palestine About two dozen water craft – canoes, kayaks, paddle boards, floaties – launched onto Kootenay Lake from Lakeside Park on Aug. 10 to express solidarity with the...
Palestinians in Gaza City Fear More Displacement Under Israeli Occupation Plan
Truthout
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August 12, 2025
Part of the Series Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! The Israeli security cabinet approved a plan presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 8 to fully occupy the Gaza...
Palestine Action and the radicalisation of grandma
New Statesman
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August 12, 2025
Last weekend (9-10 August), the Metropolitan Police arrested more than 500 people on Parliament Square for displaying signs supportive of Palestine Action, a group the government has recently categorised as a proscribed terror organisation. One of...
Israel After October 7: No Time to Blink
New Spotlight Nepal
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Despite the signs of normalcy returning, the memory of the brutal Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, continues to haunt Israel. Following the ceasefire that began on June 24, 2025, Israel and Iran stopped hostilities, leading to a gradual return to...
Microsoft shuts down questions about layoffs and Israel ties at Gamescom 2025
Game Developer
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August 20, 2025
Microsoft prevented a veteran developer at Obsidian from sharing their thoughts on the company's latest round of mass layoffs and its links with Israel during an impromptu interview at Gamescom 2025. During an on-record conversation with Grounded...
Outrage as Israel moves to bisect West Bank to ‘bury’ Palestinian state
South China Morning Post
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August 15, 2025
Israel’s far-right finance minister said on Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead – a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a Palestinian state...
Catholic priest arrested during protest supporting pro-Palestine terror group
LifeSite
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August 14, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic priest in the U.K. has made headlines after asking the police to arrest him whilst he participated in a protest supporting the recently designated terrorist group “Palestine Action.” “I set out from my parish determined...
Riot police deployed as Palestine solidarity protesters target Israeli cruise ship in Piraeus
Morning Star
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RIOT police deployed today to block off part of the port of Piraeus to stop Palestine solidarity protesters from reaching an Israeli cruise ship. Protests have been held at islands and mainland ports along the route of the Crown Iris, whose...