Israel seizes millions in digital funds meant for Iranian proxies
Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israel has seized millions of dollars worth of digital funds intended for use by the powerful Iranian-backed
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Month: June 2023
Blinken ‘conveyed concern’ over West Bank violence to Israeli foreign minister
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “conveyed concern” over escalating violence on the West Bank during a call
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US asks what’s next for Russia’s Wagner in Middle East, Africa
Washington (Reuters) – The United States is examining how the Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military establishment might affect
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Google lays off staff at its mapping app Waze
(Reuters) – Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday said it is cutting jobs at mapping app Waze as it merges the app’s advertising
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Russia strike kills at least 6 al-Qaida militants in Syria, medical officials, war monitor say
Idlib (AP) — A Russian airstrike Tuesday targeted a military post of a group linked to al-Qaida in northwest Syria
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More than 50 MPs resign from Iraqi Kurdish region’s parliament to protest court ruling
Irbil (AP) — More than 50 members of the local parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north have
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U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali set to end on June 30
Nairobi/Dakar (Reuters) – A decade-long United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali is set to end on June 30, diplomats said
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At least 3 dead in building collapse in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria, officials say
Cairo (AP) — At least 3 people were killed when a 14-story apartment building collapsed in Egypt’s northern coastal city
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Uganda expects to start oil production from Tilenga project in 2025
Singapore (Reuters) – Uganda National Oil Co (UNOC) expects to start oil production from the Tilenga project in the first
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Burkina Faso’s army: 34 killed in ambush in Central-North region
Ouagadougou (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants on Monday killed 31 soldiers and three members of the Homeland Defence Volunteers (VDP) in
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