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Disneyland Abu Dhabi: A New Era for Theme Parks in the Middle East
Times News Global
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August 20, 2025
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Walt Disney Company is set to open its newest theme park in Abu Dhabi, making it the first Disney resort in the Middle East. The announcement, made by CEO Bob Iger in May 2025, is expected to bolster the...
AGU Medical Student Presents Research on “The Orientation of Modern Medicine in Understanding the Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Treatment in the Gulf States”
bizbahrain
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August 20, 2025
Ms. Nouf Ali Mohammed Al Balooshiya, a third-year student at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Arabian Gulf University (AGU), recently participated in the 2nd International Cultural Conference on Human Knowledge, held in Amman,...
Rick Scott addresses U.S.-Japan alliance and Middle East concerns in new posts
Duval Times - Florida
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August 19, 2025
Senator Rick Scott posted a series of statements on August 19, 2025, addressing issues related to U.S. foreign policy and human rights concerns in the Middle East and Asia.In his first post of the day, Scott highlighted diplomatic relations...
Israel-Australia diplomatic rift deepens as Netanyahu criticises Albanese
The Jewish News
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August 19, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as “a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews”, in comments which seem likely to further deepen a serious diplomatic rift...
Iran Update, August 19, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Religion news 20 August 2025
Religion Media Centre
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August 20, 2025
Theology and Religious Studies can thrive if universities communicate its value, briefing hears Academics considering the decline of Theology and Religious studies at British universities have been challenged to dispel the myths that courses are...
Syria issues rare confirmation of talks with Israel as US pushes to stabilize ties
The Times of Israel
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August 20, 2025
Syria’s foreign minister held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, the Syrian state-run news agency reported. The talks were brokered by the United States, which has been pushing for Syria and Israel to normalize...
Syria's top diplomat and Israeli delegation meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a...
Israeli dance crew highlighted ‘Hope’ in world dance championship
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
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August 19, 2025
More than 3,000 dancers from 55 countries showed their best skills in breaking, popping, locking and whacking at Hip Hop International’s World Hip Hop Dance Championship, held at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix July 29-Aug. 1. The finalists...
Iraq says tip-off to Lebanon led to destruction of amphetamine factory
Euronews
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August 19, 2025
Published on 19/08/2025 - 19:56 GMT+2 One of the largest factories in Lebanon making the highly addictive amphetamine Captogan has been discovered and destroyed as part of rare security cooperation between intelligence agencies in Iraq and...
Israel Approves Gaza City Occupation Plan Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
The Organization for World Peace
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August 19, 2025
Israel’s security cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza City, a decision that significantly escalates the nearly two-year war. The phased offensive, set to begin by October 7, the anniversary of Hamas’s 2023...
Religion Bulletin - July 2025 Authorities Arrest Brother of Thích Minh Tuệ; U.K. Places Vietnam on Religious Freedom Watchlist
The Vietnamese Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Thiện Trường wrote this Religion Bulletin in Vietnamese and published it on August 15, 2025, in Luật Khoa Magazine. Notable religious events in July 2025: Brother of Thích Minh Tuệ Arrested in Vietnam; Government Jails Independent Hòa Hảo Buddhist...
Israel’s war on truth: the systematic killing of Palestinian journalists
Morning Star
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THE killing of seven Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza on August 10 has prompted verbal condemnations, yet has inspired little to no substantive action. This has become the predictable and horrifying trajectory of the international...
Israel-France row flares over Palestine recognition
The New Arab
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August 20, 2025
A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting "antisemitism". The Elysee hit...
Iranian company unveils medicine to treat type 2 diabetes, obesity
Press TV
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An Iranian knowledge-based company has unveiled a homegrown medicine aimed at treatment of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus type 2, commonly known as type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity as well as sleep apnea. The new product, dubbed Spartina,...
Israel’s Netanyahu blames France’s Macron for ‘fuelling’ anti-Semitism
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 20, 2025
A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood....
Israel’s Netanyahu lashes out at France’s Macron, Australian PM Albanese
Yahoo News
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A diplomatic row between Israel and Paris has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognise Palestinian statehood....
Israeli Hostage Reveals Hamas’s Barbaric Execution Game
Daily Wire
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August 19, 2025
An Israeli man who was seized by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and spent approximately 491 days in captivity in Gaza after being abducted, revealed the insanely barbaric games the terrorist group played with their hostages. Ohad Ben Ami had previously...
Israel preparing to unleash 1000s of reservists on Gaza City; Hamas: Netanyahu just after ‘ethnic cl
Press TV
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August 20, 2025
The Israeli regime is about to mobilize as many as 80,000 reservists as it plans to occupy the Gaza Strip’s biggest urban area, the most extreme step yet during its October 2023-present war of genocide on the Palestinian territory. Various Israeli...
Iran’s closed doors stifle its cultural promise
The European Magazine
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August 19, 2025
Oggy Boytchev’s evocative portrait of Tehran reveals a city brimming with potential, yet trapped by political repression Sir, Oggy Boytchev’s “Memories of Tehran” piece nails the city’s paradox: a place of stunning beauty and vibrant culture,...