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RAMALLAH / PNN- Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, stole olive crops from Palestinian-owned land in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday, as attacks on…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — A new episode of PNN’s “Al-Makshouf” examined conditions in Khillet al-Farra and communities across Masafer Yatta, where a lack of basic services, escalating settler attacks and mounting…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — A new episode of “Accountability,” a programme produced by Palestine News Network (PNN), examined two key aspects of Palestinian resilience: protecting traditional crafts and heritage…
LONDON / PNN — Report by Roddy Keenan More than 250,000 people marched through London on Saturday in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza and urging the British government to halt its…
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For years, ground autonomy lagged well behind its counterparts in the air. That gap is starting to close. Jonathan is joined by Ryan Hartman (Ondas Sentinel) and Scott Philips (Forterra) to examine what it takes to field…
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For the better part of a decade, the European defence debate ran on a single complaint: Europe would not spend. That complaint is now obsolete. Germany’s defence budget has climbed to €108.2 billion for 2026, the EU has…
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Islam Times - Iraqi expert Salah Al-Amshani, warning of the far-reaching consequences of the suspension of air travel between the two countries, stressed that Iraq must not become an implementer of the air blockade…
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Islam Times - Moayad al-Ali, an Iraqi researcher and political affairs analyst, referring to the negative consequences of suspending air services between Iran and Iraq, stressed that sanctions imposed outside the…
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Islam Times - Sheikh Sarmad al-Tamimi, adviser to Iraq’s Grand Mufti and a member of the country’s Dar al-Ifta, emphasizing the role of unifying fatwas in strengthening Islamic solidarity, noted that at times, the Ummah…
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Islam Times - Ali al-Qahoum, a member of the Political Bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, emphasizing the need to change the media approach and expose the West’s colonial projects, stated: “In confronting the enemy’s…
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Islam Times - The head of the Iraqi Scholars’ Association, in a detailed interview examining the intellectual and leadership dimensions of the late Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, emphasized that the martyrdom of commanders not…
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Islam Times - Khadija Saloum, head of the Women’s Cultural Department of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, referring to the position of women and the family during times of conflict, stressed that society’s resilience in the…
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Islam Times - Sheikh Hassan al-Baghdadi, a member of the Central Council of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, stressing that the physical absence of the revered martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has caused no breach or wavering…
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By: Tim Daiss Photo from Philippine Information Agency The Philippine government’s latest attempt to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Metro Manila is already facing headwinds, prompting regulators to relax…
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On Friday night Donald Trump announced that, after a call with Vladimir Putin, Russia would ship diesel to the United States and world markets. Treasury followed with a temporary general license lifting sanctions on…
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A reflection on Bergen County, faith, and the quiet ache of spiritual misalignment I. The Hardness of a Place There is a particular hardness to Bergen County — a quiet, polished hardness that settles into people’s bones…
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Islam Times - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran decried the IAEA for yielding to pressure from the US and Israel, saying the UN nuclear watchdog has failed to fulfill its obligation to support the…
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LONDON / PNN - Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London and Berlin on Saturday, demanding an end to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Protesters carried signs reading “Stop the…
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RAMALLAH / PNN / Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for presidential and legislative elections to be held simultaneously on Sept. 11, 2027, postponing legislative polls previously scheduled for Nov. 28, as…
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s current Asian tour includes several Asian countries, such as South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The aim is to strengthen strategic partnerships and diversify economic and…
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EUV has long been an interesting story. We have written 200+ articles on EUV and they just keep on coming. Thankfully the premier lithography conference is right here in Silicon Valley. SPIE began in 1955 as the Society…
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This is a follow-up to my previous piece on the economic effects of the Persian Gulf sulfur and urea cutoff. In that piece I argued that the public conversation about the Strait of Hormuz has fixated on crude oil and…
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A new Italian restaurant has opened in Istanbul: Lucente. But what first caught my attention was not its menu, but the approach taken to create it. The team learned pasta-making from a family that has been producing…
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Islam Times - The outcome of the confrontation between “Israel” and Hezbollah reveals a strategic paradox that warrants closer examination. Despite “Israel’s” and the United States’ military, intelligence, and…
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A Samsung memory chip worker earning about $60,000 a year could receive roughly $560,000 in bonuses before tax, according to the company’s largest union. Its estimate includes both Samsung’s existing profit-sharing bonus…
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On October 4, the US pulled its 12 B-1 strategic bombers out of Fairford, UK and returned them to the United States. Reports say the planes returned to Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. The bombers…
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Introduction This is a follow-up to my previous piece on the economic effects of the Persian Gulf sulfur and urea cutoff. In that piece I argued that the public conversation about the Strait of Hormuz has fixated on…
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Islam Times - The Economist’s alarming cover about a “bond market explosion” can be seen as a key to understanding Trump’s contradictory behavior: a president who threatens Iran to project victory, yet puts the US under…
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Islam Times - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described Iran’s participation for the first time, as the first country invited as a special guest, in the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a…
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Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given…
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Fund our high schools instead of genocides Photo: Stephane Jouteux For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their education. They want more…
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A mother and her child stand in the wreckage of their destroyed home in Toamasina, Madagascar, following a devastating cyclone. Credit: UNICEF/Tsiory Ny Aina Andriantsoarana By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 2026…
RAMALLAH, Palestine / PNN / Wisal Abu Alia As the olive harvest season approaches, Palestinian villages and towns are preparing for an annual event that extends far beyond agriculture, forming a vital part of the…
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Jasmine Jobson goes the distance as the British-Somalian boxer battling pain from her past and her family’s disapproval in a heavyweight, tick-the-boxes production The true-life success story of boxer Ramla Ali is…
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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. ***IranIn late September, U.S. and Iranian…
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In the upcoming presidential runoff in Brazil, two candidates, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, represent very different visions for US-Brazil relations. Bolsonaro enters the…
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Iran war could turn rising oil and food costs into a debt crisis, forcing countries to put their populations before creditors. Energy prices and the risk of a world depression Robinson Erhardt: Michael, I woke up to a…
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Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
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Thousands of protestors have set up encampments in city squares across Spain. The immediate spark has been the housing crisis but years of neo-liberal driven austerity have brought matters to a head Steven Marsh is a…
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Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights…
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What would the world look like if the nations of the world decided to allow everyone to thrive in peaceful coexistence? — Why doesn’t that seem to work? Which troublesome elements would need to be neutralized? By Peter…
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TSMC’s 2026 Open Innovation Platform Forum presented artificial intelligence as the force reshaping semiconductor design. Its central argument is that faster chips will require progress across the whole system: logic…
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Each morning on her way to Kariakoo, Clementina Nyangwine looks out of her commuter bus as it crawls through Jangwani and watches giant foundation piles rising above the muddy Msimbazi valley. Workers in safety helmets…
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As scholars of democracy , we are watching America’s warning signs flash red. We expect America’s long-building constitutional crisis to soon escalate. Earlier this year, we hosted a national workshop to assess the…
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Look, I’ve been around the block. I know what it means when a feature of my life is suddenly appended with words like -coded and -core . It means the things about myself that I can’t or don’t want to change are being…
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The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. “No,” said the priest. “It is not necessary to accept everything as true. One must only accept it as necessary.” “A melancholy…
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I’m still not feeling particularly well, which is why there wasn’t a post yesterday. There won’t be much of one today, I’m afraid. I’m in the path of the hurricane in the Gulf, so my day is going to be getting the paying…
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It’s an honor to attend events like this as a guest, and even more so as a speaker. On Friday at 3:30 p.m., I’ll be moderating a panel with the CEOs of three of the hottest AI startups. I definitely have a few questions…