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Oman-Iraq pact on new 10m-barrel crude storage project
MUSCAT: Duqm’s ambitions to emerge as a global hub for energy logistics received a further boost on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, when two key subsidiaries of OQ – the state-owned integrated energy group of Oman – signed a pair of strategic MoUs...

Morocco calls for immediate ceasefire, aid access in Gaza at Arab League meeting
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Thursday in Cairo that Morocco, under King Mohammed VI, considers peace a “strategic choice” and rejects managing crises as a response to “unacceptable Israeli measures.” Speaking before the 164th...

Gold glitters, oil tanks and silver hits $41 an ounce! This trend is my friend
Matein Khalid Gold’s 38% surge in 2025 to as high as 3570 an ounce in the New York spot market is not just about central bank anti-dollar reserve accumulation, expectations of a Fed rate cut at the September FOMC or inflation/deficit angst but...
Syrian authorities arrest perpetrators of abuses in Sweida
Damascus, Sept 4, (dpa/GNA) – Syrian authorities have arrested several members of the Interior and Defence Ministries for violent abuses, committed during deadly clashes in the southern province of Sweida in July, according to an official...

Syrian and Egyptian intellectuals join campaign requesting a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan
2,006 signatures have been collected as part of the campaign launched by the Syrian Initiative for the Freedom Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the Syrian Lawyers’ Initiative to Defend Abdullah Öcalan on August 20, 2025. The campaign, which is supported...

Suspect in DC Jewish museum shooting pleads not guilty in deaths of young couple
The suspect accused of fatally shooting two people outside the Capital Jewish Museum pleaded not guilty to all nine charges against him Thursday, including two hate crime charges. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were shot and killed the night...

Commentary | John Greenberg: Israeli government is not acting in consonance with Jewish law
Linda Coulombe and I view the war in Gaza very differently, but we agree on this: “If we’re going to talk about justice and peace, we need to start by telling the truth and not distort it to fit an agenda.” ("Israel not the only one to blame for...

The new Israeli map proposing to annex 80% of the West Bank, explained
More than 80 percent of the occupied West Bank would become part of Israel, according to a new annexation proposal drafted by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday. The hardline Minister presented a map showing all of the West Bank...

Ibn Battuta: Bridging Arab and Chinese Civilizations
The famous Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta (1304–1368 AD) is considered one of the most prominent figures in Islamic civilization who left an indelible mark on human history.اضافة اعلان His great journey, documented in his famous book, "The Journey...

Democratic Senators Urge Trump Admin to Reveal Details About GHF Funding
Senior Democratic leaders are asking the Trump administration to reveal details about who exactly is funding the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Office of...

Tatte Café and Bakery, the popular Israeli-inspired chain, is opening in New York
Tatte Café and Bakery, the Israeli-inspired fast-casual café chain that has taken Boston and Washington, D.C., by storm, is coming to New York City. Pronounced like “latte,” the café — known for its coffee, pastries and full menu, including three...

Shared threats and interests: Türkiye-Egypt partnership turns tide
The instability in Syria, the collapse of state authority in Lebanon and Israel's attacks on Palestine, particularly Gaza, have pushed the Levant region to the brink of total chaos. When Libya’s fractured political landscape is taken into account,...

Hamas’ network in Turkey under spotlight following foiled Ben-Gvir plot
A Hamas source described the group’s presence in Turkey as carefully regulated. “Any violation could lead to immediate expulsion,” the source told Ynet, emphasizing that leaders are barred from establishing formal political or military...

Qatar, Arab Ministerial Committee reject undermining legal status of Jerusalem
Cairo: The Arab Ministerial Committee tasked with international action to confront Israel’s illegal policies and measures in occupied Jerusalem, during its tenth meeting today at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in...

Hamas, not Israel to blame for Gaza mess Letters
I’m responding Richard Habib’s Aug. 8 letter blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the consequences of the war in Gaza strip. His letter does not mention anything about Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in which 1,200...

Dispatch from Basra: Glimpses of hope in Iraq’s forgotten south
MENASource September 4, 2025 • 4:24 pm ET Print this page By Jon Wilks BASRA, Iraq—There is perhaps nowhere else where the high hopes of the new Iraq were so dashed as in its second city, Basra. In 2003, the United States and United Kingdom...

'Withering before our eyes': PepsiCo’s decline and what it could mean for Israel
PepsiCo, the world’s second-largest maker of soft drinks and snacks, is facing one of the deepest crises in its history. Its flagship product, Pepsi-Cola—once seen as Coca-Cola’s main rival—has slipped to fourth place in U.S. sales volume, behind...

In Australia, as in Canada, Jews Are on Their Own
Nearly every episode in ‘Long Story Short,’ from the creator of ‘BoJack Horseman,’ revolves around a very Jewish moment By Mira Fox, PJ Grisar, Olivia Haynie and Nora Berman August 22, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click...

Israelis Need to Recognize the Humanity of Gazans
When an international group of genocide scholars issued a resolution Sunday saying that the Israeli military’s nearly two-year offensive in Gaza meets the definition of genocide, the denial from the Israeli government was swift and full of...

Police Department in Rashida Tlaib’s District Introduces First-Ever Arabic Patch for Officers
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan has unveiled the first police patch in the United States featuring both English and...