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Caspian Sea   Mahdiz The Caspian Sea is sinking: Nearly 31,000 sq km lost since 2005 Mon 24 Feb 2025
Another crisis news coming in from the Caspian Sea. Environmental activists are quite concerned and alarmed over the rapidly declining water levels of the Caspian Sea.... (photo: Creative Commons / Mahdiz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mahdiz) The Times of India
Caspian Sea   Climate alarmism   Environmental crisis   Photos   Wikipedia: Coastal erosion
Meteor (missile) - Beyond visual range air-to-air missile France allows Turkey to proceed with Meteor AAM acquisition, sparking Greek outrage Mon 24 Feb 2025
Despite strong objections from Greece, France has confirmed it will not impede Turkey’s acquisition of Meteor air-to-air missiles. This decision has left Athens... (photo: Public Domain) Greek City Times
Meteor missile   Military equipment   Photos   Turkey - Greece   Wikipedia: Meteor (missile)
HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Adu Dhabi, calling on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 25-1-17 UAE President meets with Italian President during state visit to Italy Mon 24 Feb 2025
<p>ROME, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 24th Feb, 2025) President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Sergio Mattarella,... (photo: RB PHOTO) Urdu Point
Italian   Photos   Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed   UAE   Wikipedia: Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces stay in line before training in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Some people in Ukraine's second-largest city are preparing to fight back if Russia invades. How a nuclear-armed Ukraine could become ‘Europe’s Israel’ Mon 24 Feb 2025
Had nuclear war ever broken out between the Soviet Union and the West, Major Valeriy Kuznetsov would probably have been one of the very last people left alive on Earth.... (photo: AP / Evgeniy Maloletka) AOL
Europe Israel   Photos   Valeriy Kuznetsov   armed Ukraine
Israeli hostages Tal Shoham left, and Avera Mengisto are escorted by Hamas fighters in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip Hamas Frees First Five of Six Israeli Hostages to be Released in Latest Cease-Fire Exchange Sat 22 Feb 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of... (photo: AP / Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) Time
Gaza ceasefire   Hostage crisis   Photos   War crimes   Wikipedia: Gaza war hostage crisis
Man passes near United Nations sign, Tehran, Iran Iran’s will centered on strengthening ties with African nations, says Foreign Ministry Sat 22 Feb 2025
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed that the Islamic Republic’s will is directed toward strengthening its relations with African nations. In a message on... (photo: Creative Commons) Press TV
Africa   Masoud Pezeshkian   Photos   Tehran, Iran   Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Iran
Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza after an Israeli ground and air offensive on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Israel has expanded its offensive in Khan Younis, saying the city is a stronghold of the Hamas militant group. Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors Sat 22 Feb 2025
Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) The Guardian
Gaza war   Israel   Palestinians   Photos   Wikipedia: Casualties of the Gaza war
Senator Chris Coons and German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a partnership in defeating the pandemic, fighting climate change in Germany 6 November 2021 Democrat: Europe worried Czech Republic, Poland, Baltic states could be next for Putin Fri 21 Feb 2025
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Thursday said a number of longtime U.S. allies in Europe are worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be emboldened and look to... (photo: Public Domain) The Hill
  Baltic states   Czech Republic   Vladimir Putin   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin   Photos   Wikipedia: Russian invasion of Ukraine
People walks through a corridor of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria Missing Australian member of Islamic State found alive in Syrian prison Fri 21 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, who left Australia in 2015, is being held in Panorama prison, a detention centre for accused IS members run by the SDF... (photo: AP / Photo/Hussein Malla) The Guardian
Australia   Islamic State   Syria   Wikipedia: Foreign fighters in the Syrian civil war   Photos
Afghans walk past a branch of kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Shareholders met in the morning to decide the fate of the bank  after suspected irregularities raised concerns over the country's biggest private financial institution. Iran, Afghanistan central bank chiefs agree to boost monetary, banking ties Fri 21 Feb 2025
TEHRAN – The governors of Iran and Afghanistan’s central banks met on the sidelines of a banking technology summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, to discuss strengthening... (photo: AP / Ahmad Massoud) Tehran Times
  Afghanistan   Banking   Photos   Tehran, Iran   Wikipedia: Afghanistan–Iran relations
This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 photo shows a general view of a petrochemical complex in the South Pars gas field in Asalouyeh, Iran, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf. Iran’s oil exports to China expected to surge 86% in February Fri 21 Feb 2025
TEHRAN - Iran’s crude exports to China are expected to reach 1.74 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, marking an 86 percent increase from January, according to... (photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi) Tehran Times
  China   Oil export   Photos   Tehran, Iran   Wikipedia: China–Iran trade relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media during a press conference at the end of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Saturday, July 8, 2017. 'Lodged a strong protest': India slams Turkey's Erdogan for 'objectionable' comments on Kashmir Fri 21 Feb 2025
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday rebuked Turkey's President Erdogan for his recent remark over Kashmir. The ministry of external affairs in its weekly briefing said that... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn) The Times of India
India   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Turkey's   Wikipedia: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
FILE - A woman gestures in front of a banner with an image of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 8, 2023. Turkey is heading toward presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday May 14, 2023. Turkey's ruling party submits climate change bill to parliament Fri 21 Feb 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party submitted to parliament on Thursday a climate change-related bill envisaging the establishment of a carbon market... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) The New Arab
AK Party   Climate change   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Wikipedia: Climate change in Turkey
A Syrian fighter rides his motorcycle along a highway in Damascus, Syria UN says Syria economic recovery could take half a century Fri 21 Feb 2025
Syria would need more than 50 years to get back to its economic level before its devastating civil war at current growth rates, the United Nations said Thursday.... (photo: AP / Photo/Hussein Malla) The New Arab
Damascus   Photos   Syria sanctions   United Nations   Wikipedia: International sanctions against Syria
The coffins containing the bodies, from right to left, Shiri Bibas, her two children, Ariel and Kfir and Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted, are displayed on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Hamas releases 4 bodies, Israel says one is not who they said it was Fri 21 Feb 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early... (photo: AP / Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) The Mercury News
Gaza ceasefire   Hamas   Israeli hostages   Photos
 An Israeli air strike killed three Hamas militants and wounded one in the Gaza Strip  Will Hamas give up power? The factors shaping Gaza's future Thu 20 Feb 2025
Since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 it has remained the ruling authority, navigating countless military, political, and economic challenges. From its... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The New Arab
  Hamas   Israel   Photos   War crimes   Wikipedia: Gaza Strip under Hamas
The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during the joint press conference Azerbaijan emerges as key player in Trump's Middle East vision Thu 20 Feb 2025
Hikmet Hajiyev,... (photo: NATO) Israel National News
  Azerbaijan   Benjamin Netanyahu   Photos   Wikipedia: Azerbaijan   emerges
Israeli soldiers conduct a search for suspects of a shooting attack yesterday in the West Bank City of Ramallah, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Released Israeli soldier says Hamas captors respected her Jewish traditions, holidays Thu 20 Feb 2025
An Israeli soldier recently released from the Gaza Strip told media that her Hamas captors allowed her and other prisoners to observe Jewish traditions and holidays,... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Anadolu Agency
Gaza Strip   Israeli soldier   Jewish traditions   Photos   Wikipedia: Israeli Ground Forces
United States Senate candidate in Florida Marco Rubio speaking at CPAC. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Concludes Middle East Tour with UAE Visit Thu 20 Feb 2025
Arabian Post - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded his Middle East tour with a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, engaging in discussions with... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) The Arabian Post
  Marco Rubio   Photos   UAE   United States   Wikipedia: Marco Rubio
FILE - A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip, on Oct. 11, 2023. After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. The Palestinian death toll is approaching 20,000 and satellite data shows that one-third of structures across the tiny enclave have been destroyed. Hamas aims at permanent truce in Gaza Thu 20 Feb 2025
Hamas has reaffirmed its willingness to implement further stages of the Gaza cease-fire agreement with Israel, proposing swapping all Israeli captives and Palestinian... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa, File) China Daily
Gaza Strip   Hamas   Israel   Wikipedia: 2025 Gaza war ceasefire   Photos