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UAE, Saudi Arabia Drive $59B Merger Surge In Middle East
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Middle East and North Africa's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape showed remarkable momentum in the first half of 2025, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia continuing to lead the region's deal value. According to the...
NAPTIP rescues 25 trafficking victims in Abuja en route to Middle East
Eagle Online
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August 18, 2025
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has busted organised human trafficking activities and rescued 25 women suspected to be victims of labour exploitation en route to Saudi Arabia. NAPTIP, in a press...
ACI Asia-Pacific and Middle East urges future-ready airports as DGCA conference backs recommendations
International Airport Review
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August 18, 2025
ACI APAC & MID secured strong support at the DGCA conference in Japan, urging governments to adopt policies on safety, climate resilience, affordability, and security. Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID),...
Egypt’s Al-Sisi meets central bank chief, calls for continued efforts to increase dollar inflows
Daily News Egypt
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August 18, 2025
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday stressed the need to continue efforts to increase the country’s foreign currency reserves, particularly from local sources, and to maintain a flexible and unified exchange rate, the presidency...
Israel to send humanitarian aid to South Sudan as it battles deadly cholera outbreak
The Times of Israel
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August 18, 2025
Israel will provide “urgent” humanitarian aid to South Sudan to address a cholera crisis there, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, days after a report suggested that Israel may be in talks with the country’s leadership about plans to...
Israeli Cybersecurity Official Back in Israel After Shock Arrest in Nevada for Preying on Children Online
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 18, 2025
In a major online child-predator sting near Las Vegas in US state of Nevada, Israeli government cybersecurity official Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was arrested, charged with 'luring a child with a computer for a sex act', released on $10,000 bail and...
Egypt sets ICT growth goals: 60,000 jobs, outsourcing expansion, AI adoption
ETHRWorld EMEA
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August 18, 2025
Egypt’s ICT sector is expanding, with 74 outsourcing firms committing to employ 60,000 specialists between 2022 and 2024. The country now hosts over 260 outsourcing centres, including 190 managed by global companies. Its electronics design...
Israel to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza City, Putin courts Trump, Bolivia’s right-wing gains, U.S. stops medical treatment for Gaza’s children
Drop Site
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August 18, 2025
Since dawn, Israeli forces have killed at least 17 people in Gaza, with the Ministry of Health reporting five more deaths from starvation. Israel announces plans to forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza southwards as part...
Israeli attacks, forced starvation have killed 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Al Jazeera
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August 18, 2025
More than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in its nearly two-year genocidal war on Gaza, with the population suffering relentless bombardment with nowhere safe in the besieged enclave, Israeli-induced starvation and the daily killing...
Israeli government official arrested in child sex-crime sting, flees to Israel
The Blaze
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August 18, 2025
An Israeli government official was arrested during a child sex-crime joint sting operation in Nevada earlier this month, racking up a felony charge of "luring a child with computer for sex act," according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police...
Israel retaliates after Australia blocks entry to politician: 'Shameful and unacceptable'
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
By DOMINIC GIANNINI FOR AAP Published: 17:09 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 17:12 EDT, 18 August 2025 Israel's foreign affairs minister says the visas of Australia's representatives to the Palestinian Authority have been revoked over the nation's...
Israel’s UAE envoy angers Emiratis with Abu Dhabi office photo
The New Arab
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August 18, 2025
The former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also reportedly clashed with his security detail after refusing to ignore other security violations and protocols [GETTY] Israel's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is...
Israel boots Australian diplomats, orders close look at visa requests as ties sour
The Times of Israel
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August 18, 2025
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar decided on Monday to revoke the residency visas of Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority, hours after Canberra barred an Israeli lawmaker from entering the country. Australia announced on Monday...
Iran resolved to block eastern borders against criminals
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
Speaking on an inspection visit to the eastern borders shared with Afghanistan in Taybad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Momeni told reporters, "Today, we visited the Khorasan Razavi border wall; to be precise a section that is being built in...
Travel through time at the Hay Creek Festival
Northern Berks Patriot Item - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
Organizers, sponsoring partners and almost 800 interpreters, craftsmen and volunteers are fine-tuning countless details for the opening of the 2025 edition of the Hay Creek Festival. Running 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Sept. 5 to 7,...
Iraqi fintech Qi Card, Turkish Airlines launch Mastercard debit card
Khaleej Times
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Qi Card, Iraq’s leading digital payments provider, and Turkish Airlines, one of the world’s largest airlines, have signed a landmark partnership in Istanbul to launch a new co-branded Mastercard debit card for Iraqis. The partnership will benefit...
Iran moves toward dramatic internal conflict and another war
Israel Today
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August 17, 2025
(Israel Hayom) Nearly two months have passed since the end of the war between Iran and Israel. Negotiations for a new nuclear deal are still stagnating, after Iranian insistence led to a deadlock. This week, France, Germany and Britain increased...
Tourist Attractions in Pittsburgh, PA
PlanetWare
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Written by Lana Law and Lura Seavey Updated Aug 18, 2025 Pittsburgh sits on the northwestern Allegheny Plateau, surrounding the point where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join to form the Ohio. Once a gritty center of industry, Pittsburgh is...
U.S. Government Just Hit Russia With Awkward "Do Not Travel" Warning Right After Rolling Out Red Carpet For Putin
The Travel
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August 18, 2025
In May 2025, the most recent U.S. travel advisory for Russia appeared on the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs' website, noting "Level 4: Do Not Travel." While this level of advisory isn't brand-new, the reminder of it is, which...
UK tourists in Spain, Italy and Greece told they 'must' carry €115 in cash on them
Chronicle Live
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August 18, 2025
UK tourists travelling to Europe have been advised to carry only small amounts of cash. British holidaymakers venturing to the European Union have been cautioned about the risks associated with carrying large sums of money during their summer...