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China’s basing quest in the Gulf: Pipe dream or strategic reality?
Atlantic Council
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June 13, 2025
MENASource June 13, 2025 • 8:06 am ET Print this page China’s basing quest in the Gulf: Pipe dream or strategic reality? By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco On March 9, 2025, two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels joined Iranian...
Experts meet in Kenya to promote cybersecurity in East African bloc
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Experts convened in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday to promote cybersecurity across the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, an East African bloc, in response to mounting digital threats....
African countries urged to embrace digitization to advance socioeconomic development
Xinhua News Agency
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DJIBOUTI CITY, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Experts and policymakers have urged African countries to seize the opportunities presented by digital transformation to advance continental socioeconomic development aspirations. They made the call Tuesday...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Woos US Govt With Mineral Resources In Exchange For Visa Access For Government Officials, Businessmen
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has signalled a strategic offer to the United States: access to critical earth minerals in exchange for easing visa restrictions on government officials. Speaking during the 54th...
Somalia—Iran’s Next Puppet State?
theTrumpet
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Al-Shabaab is stronger and more emboldened than ever. On June 11, the terrorist group seized al-Hareeri, a strategic village where a network of roads that lead to major Somali areas overlap. Eight days prior, al-Shabaab took Hawadley, a village...
G7 urges Middle East de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
G7 leaders on Monday called for “de-escalation” in the Middle East, starting with the Israel-Iran conflict and leading to a Gaza ceasefire, as US President Donald Trump hastily left the group’s summit. After months of attacking Gaza — flattening...
Read President's ominous warning on why he left G7, returned to DC
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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File photo President Trump at the G7 Monday-image courtesy CSPANDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign on Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran’s military and nuclear program, as U.S....
China Focus: China sees satellite navigation industry output growth in 2024
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The total output value of China's satellite navigation and positioning service industry reached 575.8 billion yuan (about 79.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, up 7.39 percent year on year, according to a white paper...
Trump says wants ‘real end’ to Israel-Iran conflict, not ceasefire
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
US President Donald Trump said he wants a “real end” to the conflict between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire, as the arch foes traded fire for a fifth day on Tuesday. After months of attacking Gaza — flattening homes, targeting hospitals,...
21 Islamic nations call for nuclear-free Middle East amid Israel-Iran conflict, urge States to join NPT
The Print
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June 17, 2025
New Delhi: Amid the escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran, 21 Arab, Islamic and African nations have called for the urgent creation of a “Middle East Zone free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction”. Their foreign...
Arab and Islamic nations condemn continued Israeli aggression against Iran
Press TV
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June 17, 2025
In a strongly worded joint statement, the foreign ministers of 21 Arab and Islamic countries condemned the “brutal aggression” by the Israeli regime against Iran, warning of grave regional consequences if tensions continue to escalate. The joint...
Iran, Israel warn of intensifying warfare as G7 calls for de-escalation
Dawn
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June 17, 2025
Iran and Israel warned on Monday of intensifying their attacks against each other as the G7 countries called for de-escalation in the Middle East. After months of attacking Gaza — flattening homes, targeting hospitals, and starving a besieged...
How Iran Could Retaliate Against US. Three Possible Options
Newsweek
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June 17, 2025
New U.S. forces have been deployed to the Middle East as the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel raises the prospect of Tehran retaliating against Washington, which one expert told Newsweek said could include Americans being taken hostage....
Ready for take-off
China Daily Global
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WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY This year marks the silver jubilee of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Over the past 25 years, this partnership has witnessed remarkable progress. Since 2000, China-Africa trade has grown from about...
Arab and Muslim nations condemn Israeli strike on Iran, calling de-escalation
China Daily Global
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Photo taken on June 16, 2025 shows missile wreckage in Safed, northern Israel. [Photo by David Cohen/JINI via Xinhua] Twenty-one Arab and Muslim countries issued a joint statement on June 16, condemning Israel's airstrikes on Iran and calling for...
Israel Vows to Strike ‘Everywhere’ Against Iranian Regime
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly strikes between Israel and Iran, day one of meetings at the G-7 summit, and a U.S. immigration crackdown. Attacks on Tehran Airstrikes lit up the Israeli and Iranian skies on Monday,...
US considers imposing visa ban on Nigeria, 24 other African countries
Premium Times
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June 14, 2025
About one week after imposing a travel ban on seven African countries, the Donald Trump-led US administration is considering imposing a visa ban and other travel restrictions on citizens of Nigeria and 24 other African countries. The Washington...
Here be dragons: “Intellectual honesty” vs. the “victimology hustle,” Part 1
Renew America
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Here be dragons: “Intellectual honesty” vs. the “victimology hustle,” Part 1 An open letter to the editor of the Evening Telegram, ‘critical race scholar’ Sulaimon Giwa, Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei, and others in Newfoundland and Labrador Black Lives...
Morocco’s Tanger Med Wins Contract to Upgrade Liberia's Ports
The Maritime Executive
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Morocco is further expanding its footprint in the African port sector with a new deal to modernize Liberia’s major ports. Last week, the Liberian National Port Authority (NPA) signed a modernization agreement with Tanger Med Engineering, a...
Trump Admin Considering Adding 36 Countries to Travel Ban
KUGN - Oregon
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June 14, 2025
The Trump administration is considering adding 36 countries to the U.S. travel ban announced earlier this month unless those nations conform with certain benchmarks and requirements established by the State Department, according to a memo viewed...