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Mapped: Where Iran and Israel’s missiles have struck as Tehran hits major hospital
The Independent
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June 19, 2025
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Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
DCCEEW secretary revealed, DAFF secretary takes IPAA ACT presidency, NSW appoints Safe Work commissioner, latest ambassadors get postings. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has...
“Will we live?”: Indian medical students trapped in Iran plead for a way out as conflict escalates
Edex Live
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As the skies above Tehran light up once again, the situation for Indian medical students has shifted from tense to urgent. What began as Israel's massive Operation Rising Lion on June 12-13 has spiraled into a dangerous cycle of retaliation that...
Can the Church help Syrian Christians? Can Damascus again be place of conversion?
Aleteia
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July 10, 2025
In an in-depth interview, Archbishop Mourad of Homs, Syria, talks about the difficult situation of Christians in his country after the fall of the Assad regime. During a visit to Rome, Archbishop Jacques Mourad, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Homs,...
French Caracal Helicopters enhance Iraqi Army Capabilities
Iraq Business News
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June 12, 2025
By John Lee. The Iraqi Army Aviation Command has begun equipping newly-delivered French-made Caracal helicopters at Martyr Brigadier General Mohammed Alaa Air Base. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense, this initiative is part of...
Reports: US Embassy Under Attack – Sirens Are Sounding at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq… White House Denies Reports
The Gateway Pundit
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June 14, 2025
Several Middle East media outlets including the Islam Times reported the US Embassy in Iraq was under fire from Iran on Saturday morning. UPDATE: The White House has reportedly denied the reports. *WHITE HOUSE: U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD NOT UNDER...
Iran hosting and protecting Al Qaeda leadership, says UK
The National News
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Intelligence officials in the UK believe that Iran is hosting the headquarters of Al Qaeda, giving the terrorist leadership a lifeline after years of setbacks. “The transactional arrangement between Iran and the senior leadership of Al Qaeda is...
Luton veteran with PTSD supports major new mental health fundraising campaign
Luton Herald & Post
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June 13, 2025
A war veteran from Luton who nearly lost his life due to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and extreme alcoholism is backing the UK’s first fundraising appeal specifically set up to support people with complex mental health needs at scale....
‘We Are Being Held Without Protection’: North Caucasus Women Decry Dire Conditions in Kurdish-Run Syrian Camps
The Moscow Times
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July 10, 2025
“There are 2,000 Dagestani women without children in the Al-Hawl and Roj camps, which are under Kurdish control in Syria,” said L., a Dagestani woman recently rescued from Al-Hawl, a sprawling detention facility in northeastern Syria. “Many more...
Death toll from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever rises to 19 in Iraq
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Iraq has risen to 19 since the beginning of this year, the Iraqi Health Ministry announced on Thursday. A total of 123 CCHF cases have been recorded...
Elon Musk's AI chatbot churns out antisemitic posts on 'X'
MSNBC
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Crude Oil Gains on Energy Demand Optimism
Yahoo Finance
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Floating oil rig in ocean by Keri Jackson via Pixabay August WTI crude oil (CLQ25) today is up +0.20 (+0.29%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ25) is up +0.0070 (+0.32%). Crude oil and gasoline prices extended this week's rally and posted 2-week...
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
The Chemical Engineer
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June 12, 2025
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design gas flaring reduction systems for oil extraction sites in Iraq. Wood’s teams in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates will provide brownfield engineering,...
VA Medical Center celebrates women veterans with ceremony
WTAJ - Pennsylvania
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June 11, 2025
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center celebrated women veterans with a ceremony at the Wall of Healing Wednesday afternoon. The celebration commemorates the day in 1948 when President Harry S. Truman signed the Women’s...
Between Sirens and Silence – Bridging the Health Equity Gap
The European Sting
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June 12, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Fatima Jasim, a third-year medical student at Al-Ameed University in Karbala, Iraq. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students...
CCHF 2025: Iraq records 125 cases and 21 deaths
Shafaq News
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2025-06-12T12:25:26+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq has reported a rise in cases and fatalities from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) since the beginning of 2025, with 125 confirmed infections and 21 deaths across...
US threatens new tariffs, triggering more uncertainty
Global Times
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Shipping containers are loaded and unloaded onto ships at the Port of Los Angeles, California, on July 9, 2025. US President Donald Trump has sent letters to multiple countries dictating new US tariff rates on their countries' imports to the USA....
Trump sets 50pc US tariffs on copper, Brazilian imports
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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US President Donald Trump launched his global tariff assault into overdrive on Wednesday, announcing a new 50 per cent tariff on US copper imports and a 50 per cent duty on goods from Brazil, both to start on August 1. "I am announcing a 50%...
As violent thugs riot & ‘turn UK town into Iraq’, locals claim unchecked migrants have been ‘dumped on their doorstep’
The Sun
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June 12, 2025
WITH petrol bombs lighting up the night sky and fireworks crackling over head, Ballymena was ablaze once again. Balaclava-clad thugs hurled bricks, rocks and bottles — anything they could get their hands on — against a barricade of police Land...
Minnesota National Guard medical company returns from the Middle East
KFGO - North Dakota
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June 12, 2025
COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (KFGO) – More than three dozen soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard flew home to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday after serving a 10-month deployment in the Middle East. Eleven of the soldiers...