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Lenovo confirms Middle East expansion plans
FinanceAsia
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Global PC giant the Lenovo Group has appointed a leadership team for Saudi Arabia, as it establishes its regional headquarters in Riyadh. Lenovo has appointed Lawrence Yu as head of the regional headquarters, whilst Giovanni Di Filippo has been...
Gaza universities seek practical international support
University World News
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PALESTINE The presidents of Gaza’s non-profit universities have issued a joint statement calling on the international higher education community to press for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and mobilise to support and protect Gaza’s higher education...
Gaza prays with Pope Leo XIV for world peace
Asia News
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August 22, 2025
Fr Romanelli says that "the entire Gaza Strip is dangerous," but Gaza City is "even more so." There are “constant bombardments”, but the parish has not yet received an "evacuation order." The Custody of the Holy Land and the Latin Patriarchate are...
Blackline Safety expands Middle East presence with ADNOC
Source Security
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August 22, 2025
Blackline Safety Corp., a pioneer in connected safety technology, announced that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s pioneering energy producers, has placed its first purchase order under a multi-year agreement for...
ZAMBIA REAFFIRMS CALL FOR PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST AS ISRAEL OPENS EMBASSY IN LUSAKA
Zambian Observer
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August 22, 2025
ZAMBIA REAFFIRMS CALL FOR PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST AS ISRAEL OPENS EMBASSY IN LUSAKA President Hakainde Hichilema has reiterated Zambia’s call for peace and stability in the Middle East, stressing that lasting solutions can only come through dialogue...
UAE Banks and Tech Firms Join Forces to Explore AI in Finance
Fintech News Middle East
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August 22, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox The Innovation Hub of the Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF) has launched a joint initiative to explore the application of both traditional and generative AI in...
Stitches in time: How Palestinian artists have given tatreez a new symbolism
The National News
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Joanna Barakat knew little about tatreez, the traditional style of Palestinian embroidery, when she was growing up in Los Angeles. This was not because the Jerusalem-born artist lived far away from her native home, but because her mother and...
Cops violently dismantle Palestine encampment at Microsoft HQ, arrest protestors
The Real News Network
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August 22, 2025
Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. REDMOND, WA: On Wednesday, Aug. 20, Redmond PD officers violently dismantled the Palestine encampment at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters set up by current and former...
Africa's first Holocaust centre faces crisis of credibility over Gaza silence
Middle East Eye
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August 22, 2025
Africa's first Holocaust centre is facing a deluge of criticism from activists and human rights advocates for failing to acknowledge and demand that Israel end its genocidal war on Gaza. The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre, which sits in...
Karol Balfe: A new level of devastation and horror is unfolding in Gaza
Irish Examiner
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August 23, 2025
There are no words left to describe the devastating and systematic genocide of an entire population. We have used them all up. It’s almost impossible to imagine how things could get worse, but they are. The horror for Gaza’s 2.2m people is sliding...
Euro-Mediterranean Monitor: UN Famine Declaration in Gaza demands immediate international action
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Euro-Mediterranean Monitor: UN Famine Declaration in Gaza demands immediate international action Gaza – Saba: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said Friday that the United Nations’ declaration of famine in Gaza requires immediate action...
Children starved in plain sight as famine confirmed in Gaza
The National Tribune
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August 22, 2025
The famine classification comes as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) also reported that over half a million people in Gaza, about half of whom are children, are facing catastrophic hunger, the worst-case IPC Phase 5. This is...
UK condemns Israel's role in Gaza famine as moral outrage
The National News
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British government ministers have reacted with anger after the UN officially declared famine in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said there had been sickening consequences, especially for children, from Israel sealing off the Palestinian...
The War in Gaza, Tackling Disinformation & Devastation
Daily Excelsior
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August 22, 2025
By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The war in Palestine has reached the point of a colossal human tragedy marked by deaths, devastation, and hunger amounting to famine. Several diseases stalk the innocent civilians of...
Report Details Israel's 'Architecture of Genocidal Starvation' in Gaza
Common Dreams
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August 22, 2025
As the world's leading authority on hunger crises officially declared a catastrophic famine in Gaza, a report published Friday details how Israel has dismantled the time-tested civilian aid distribution model and replaced it with a military-based...
The pursuit of peace in Gaza
Navhind Times
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August 22, 2025
On August 19, 20225 Hamas said that it had accepted the new ceasefire proposal presented on the 17th by Qatar and Egypt to renew talks ahead of the planned major Israeli assault on Gaza City. This is mostly based on US President Donald Trump’s...
Administration orders Palestinian resilience mural to be boarded up overnight, no prior warning given
The Daily Tar Heel - North Carolina
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The mural depicts a collage of prints featuring black, white, red and green images — the colors of the Palestinian flag — and phrases associated with the pro-Palestine movement on top of a keffiyeh pattern. It is overlayed with text that reads “I...
The Media Line: UN Expected to Declare Famine in Gaza City, Israel Says Criteria Were Changed
SRN News
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August 22, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix UN Expected to Declare Famine in Gaza City, Israel Says Criteria Were Changed By The Media Line Staff The UN-affiliated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification is expected to declare a famine in Gaza City on Friday, a...
18 Arrested in Microsoft Campus Protest Over Israel Tech Ties
WebProNews
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August 22, 2025
In a tense escalation at Microsoft’s sprawling Redmond, Washington, campus, a protest against the company’s technology contracts with the Israeli military resulted in the arrest of 18 individuals, sparking sharp accusations from both sides. The...
Famine in Northern Gaza, Epstein Docs, CA/TX Maps
The Maravi Post
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August 22, 2025
A UN-backed panel of experts says there is famine in northern Gaza, the Justice Department is expected to deliver a first batch of files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee and California Governor Gavin Newsom...