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- Analysts fear Israeli response to suspected Hezbollah strike that killed 12 children could quickly escalate
- Hezbollah says it had ‘no connection’ to the rocket attack, as Israel’s security cabinet authorizes retaliation
- Flavors of Indonesia sparked love for cooking, says Emad Ramen who has 1.2m followers on TikTok
- Pezeshkian, in his phone call with Macron, accused Israel of violating “all the international frameworks and laws” in its “crimes” against Palestinians
- Nasser Kanani added that Israel “does not have the least moral authority to comment” on the deaths in Majdal Shams, on the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognized by the United Nations
- Wagner has been present in Mali since late 2021 following a military coup, replacing French troops and international peacekeepers in helping to fight militants who have threatened communities in the central and northern regions for more than a decade
- Company to commence regular operations twice a week starting July 30
- Move aims to strengthen connectivity and broaden Kingdom’s air transport network
- “Sex crimes charges have become another tool for authorities to punish journalists,” the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Middle East and North Africa program wrote in 2021
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Stargazing at Hisma desert
Located 90 km west of Tabuk city in northwest Saudi Arabia, the desert of Hikma is fast becoming a center of “astro-tourism.” Hisma’s distance from high artificial light pollution makes it an ideal spot for observing stars, galaxies, passing meteors, and falling comets at night time, says Majed Abu Zahra, president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.
Standing stone circles of AlUla
A study that examined 431 standing stone circles at various sites in Harrat Uwayrid in AlUla concludes that people living in that part of Saudi Arabia’s northwest during the Neolithic era, or the later part of the Stone Age, were not merely simple pastoralists but had distinctive architecture, domesticated animals, jewelry, and diverse tools.
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Hundreds of Indians are among the thousands of foreign soldiers Moscow is believed to have hired to bolster its forces
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