Happenings: Week of Oct. 16, 2025

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 UPPER VALLEY VIEW TRAIL PROJECT KICK OFF | 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Join Brendan as OVLC starts the big project of the season by reinforcing sections of trail on the Upper Valley View Trails using masonry and trail building techniques....

Iraq opens first specialized burns hospital in Diyala

2025-10-09T08:27:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Diyala Iraq’s Ministry of Health on Thursday inaugurated the country’s first hospital in Diyala province dedicated to treating burn injuries. Health Ministry spokesperson...

Israel's Air-Powered Destruction Is Vintage Colonialism

October 16, 2025 The use of air power to try to subdue or at least curb Middle Easterners is, in fact, more than a century old. Edit Ad Policy A Palestinian boy carries salvageable items amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli...

Khazna targets full build-out of 1GW Stargate UAE project in three years

Artificial intelligence company G42 has said construction work on Stargate UAE is progressing rapidly, with the full build-out of the 1 gigawatt AI infrastructure cluster expected in three years. Announced in May with OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco...

Seeds of Change: Women Entrepreneurs Shaping Equitable Food and Health Futures with Support from Bayer Foundation and Impact Hub

Salma Tammam, Founder & CEO of Reme-D In a world where millions still lack access to basic healthcare and nutritious food, change is being written not in policy papers or boardrooms, but by women entrepreneurs building solutions at the heart of...

Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World in 2025

See more visualizations like this on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World (2025) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...

CBS News’ Standards & Practices Chief Is First Exec To Depart In Bari Weiss Era

Claudia Milne, who has overseen standards and practices at CBS News since 2021, is departing the network. Milne is the first major executive to leave the news division following the appointment of Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News, amid...

Hamas thanks Donald Trump for ceasefire deal but says Tony Blair is NOT welcome in Gaza because he 'destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan'

Hamas has thanked Donald Trump for his 'personal efforts' in bringing forward a ceasefire agreement with Israel but voiced concerns over some aspects of the deal. A Peace plan brokered by the US President came into effect at noon local time (10am...

Accreditation Commission, Azerbaijani Delegation Discuss Academic Cooperation

Ammon News - Chairperson of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission (AQAC) Dhafer Sarayrah on Thursday met with an Azerbaijani academic delegation representing the State Agency for Science and Higher Education and the Azerbaijan State...

Meloni responds to ugly scenes in UAE's World Cup qualifier loss to Qatar

Marcus Meloni has said the UAE need to “fight more for our rights” after the violent end to their hopes of direct qualification for the World Cup against Qatar. The Sharjah midfielder made an impassioned post on social media on Wednesday night, a...

Crisis as Catalyst in International Law

Every year, the American Branch of the International Law Association hosts International Law Weekend in New York City, the largest fall gathering of international law practitioners, government officials, academics, and students in the United...

Tehran after the 12-day war: past traumas and future fears collide

The elephant had been clinging to a rope for months, swinging from the rafters of a disused factory outside the Iranian capital, waiting for an audience to turn up. He was made of fibreglass, not flesh, part of a surrealist art exhibition that was...

Ceasefire Gamble: U.S. Troops Return to the Middle East

Screen Capture The ceasefire may indeed hold, and if it does, lives will be spared. But the cost of keeping it may once again be measured in American uniforms. By Matthew A. McIntosh Public Historian Brewminate Introduction President Donald Trump...

Becoming seeds

In the past, and in the burning present – the two often colliding – long-term resistance has taken shape by starting from erasure. By refusing erasure, by exposing it, by opposing it with other stories. Counter-memories unravel not only myths of...

CBS News’ Standards Chief Exits Amid Chaotic Period for News Division (EXCLUSIVE)

Claudia Milne, who has overseen standards and practices at CBS News since 2021, announced her departure from the Paramount Skydance unit Thursday morning, becoming the first senior executive to exit since the arrival of digital Bari Weiss as...

Children’s book unpacks lessons of a ‘morally complex’ empire

AN ASIAN writer has explained how his new book makes Britain’s imperial past “accessible, engaging and thought-pro­voking” for a younger audience. Award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera’s new book, Journeys of Empire, explores empire...

Brownwood ISD’s Tammy Gray serves as keynote speaker at HPU’s Community Leadership Lunch and Learn

Howard Payne University recently hosted its Community Leadership Lunch and Learn on campus for local business leaders. Attendees enjoyed a meal and heard from guest speaker Tammy Gray, director of facilities for Brownwood ISD, who shared insight...

Trump Just Announced Major Action in Venezuela – Maduro Won't Be Happy

President Donald Trump has authorized the CIA to operate in Venezuela as the administration considers conducting airstrikes in the country. So far, the administration has stuck to carrying out airstrikes against Venezuelan boats that were believed...

Iraq signs Majoon oilfield development agreement with ExxonMobil

Iraq on Wednesday signed an agreement with the US energy company ExxonMobil to develop a major oilfield in the country's south, as Baghdad pushes to expand its hydrocarbons capacity. The deal to develop the Majnoon oilfield marks a “significant...

SEB Expects OPEC to Cut Production Soon

In a report sent to Rigzone by the Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) team on Tuesday, SEB Chief Commodities Analyst Bjarne Schieldrop outlined that SEB expects the OPEC group to cut production soon. “We … expect OPEC to implement cuts to...