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Tunisia and the Military-Industrial Complex

1 week ago
Tunisians headed to the polls last week to vote on a new constitution drafted by authoritarian President Kais Saied. President Saied had suspended parliament and seized broad powers roughly one year prior. Given widespread economic struggles, the Tunisian public remains divided as to whether Saied is more dictator or savior. By Christian SorensenNowhere on last week’s ballot was […]
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UPDATE - Shinzo Abe's violent death stuns world

1 month ago
Friday's shocking assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world's safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an "act of terrorism" while Spain slammed the "cowardly attack." Abe, 67, was shot from behind in Nara in western Japan while giving a campaign speech. He was airlifted […]
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Manga Arabia Youth magazine launched in Saudi

8 months ago
Saudi Research & Media Group (SRMG) today announced the launch of Manga Arabia Youth magazine, specifically curated for readers aged 15 years and above. Manga Arabia Youth magazine features original Saudi and Arabic creative content, newly developed concepts and characters, as well as Japanese characters in an innovative and localized Middle Eastern setting. Jomana R. […]
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Evergreen finally free to leave Suez, come Wednesday

1 year ago
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said a final settlement contract would be signed on Wednesday with the company that owns the Ever Given ship, and that participants would be able to watch the ship leaving on the same day. The owners and insurers of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said […]
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Preliminary agreement with Egypt over Suez canal ship dispute

1 year ago
The owners and insurers of the giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year have reached an agreement in principle over their dispute with canal authorities, representatives from both sides said Wednesday. Stann Marine, the lawyers representing the vessel’s owners and insurers, and the Suez Canal Authority both […]
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The Kuril Islands dispute: Putin gives Japan a ray of hope

1 year ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to love skating on thin ice. In the past he negotiated the status of the Kuril Islands – which have been an integral part of Russia for over seventy years – with Japan, and now he is suggesting that the peace talks between Moscow and Tokyo could soon resume. By […]
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Egypt enters green hydrogen league

1 year ago
Another week, another huge green hydrogen project announcement in the Middle East. This time, it was Egypt’s turn. The most populous Arab nation is planning to invest up to $4 billion in a project to create hydrogen through electrolysis powered by renewable energy, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker said on June […]
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Carlos Ghosn documentary released by MBC

1 year ago
“How on earth do you get to the point where somebody like Carlos (Ghosn) has to hang out with shadowy figures to smuggle him out across an international border, halfway across the world, safely?” Nick Green, the director of an upcoming documentary about the former Nissan chairman called “The Last Flight,” told Arab News. The […]
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Ghosn lawyers defend him against baseless French claims

1 year ago
Part of the file being considered by French investigating judges who questioned fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn in Beirut this week should be considered invalid, his defense team said on Friday. French judges have been holding hearings in Beirut’s Palace of Justice since Monday, in a process that Ghosn’s lawyers have called a first […]
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Evergreen wants cargo owners to share cost of Suez damages

1 year ago
The Japanese owner of a massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, halting billions of dollars in maritime commerce, is asking owners of the freight it is carrying to share the cost of the damages demanded by Egyptian authorities. Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd. said on Friday that it has asked […]
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Dr. Csicsery-Ronay Istvan on The Golden Mean between Local and Global SF

1 year ago
Emad El-Din Aysha: Dear Dr. Csicsery-Ronay Istvan. First please let me apologise for saying doctor. In Arabic countries we take such honorifics very seriously, even when speaking English. Secondly, please tell us something about yourself. Where you teach, your background? What drew you to science fiction and specifically non-Anglophone SF? Csicsery-Ronay Istvan: I am now […]
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Russians bring Saudi satellite to the night skies

1 year ago
Saudi Arabia’s locally made satellites “Shaheen Sat” was launched on Monday along with several others from 18 different countries aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket. Shaheen Sat – one of the two satellites designed and made in Saudi Arabia - will be used for photography and maritime tracking purposes. Among the 38 foreign satellites in total, the […]
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Tensions brew between White House and Netanyahu

1 year ago
The White House on Friday denied that U.S. President Joe Biden was intentionally snubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by failing to include him so far in an early round of phone calls to foreign leaders since taking office on Jan. 20. The lack of direct contact between the Democratic president and the long-serving right-wing […]
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UAE launches long postponed Mars probe

2 years ago
The United Arab Emirates launched its first mission to Mars on Monday as it strives to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil. The Hope Probe blasted off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center at 1:58 a.m. UAE time/6:58 a.m. Japanese time Monday (2158 GMT Sunday) for a seven-month journey to […]
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New launch date for UAE's Hope probe set for July 20

2 years ago
A new launch date for the UAE’s mission to Mars has been set for July 20, officials have announced. Lift-off from Japan’s Tanegashima Island, 1,000 kilometres to the south west of Tokyo, will take place at 1.58am UAE time. The launch of the Hope probe has already been delayed twice due to poor weather and […]
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