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Drone strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan disrupt oil output, lifting prices
Shafaq News
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2025-07-18T05:25:28+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Singapore Oil prices extended gains on Friday, underpinned by supply concerns following drone attacks on northern Iraqi oilfields and tight market fundamentals amid healthy...
Egypt's Petroleum Minister, SLB Discuss Exploration And Production Support - Dailynewsegypt
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, on Monday met with executives from global technology company SLB to discuss ways to support oil and gas exploration and production activities and enhance...
Turkiye unveils 39-point reform plan to strengthen...
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Turkiye’s Investment Environment Improvement Council (YOIKK) has unveiled its 2025 Action Plan, setting the stage for comprehensive reforms to enhance the nation’s investment climate. The plan, comprising 39 targeted actions, focuses on key areas...
ExclusiveLebanon seeks deal to send overcrowded prison inmates to Syria
The National News
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Lebanon is seeking a treaty that would see most Syrian prisoners serve the rest of their sentence in their homeland in a bid to ease severe overcrowding in Lebanese jails. At Lebanon's largest jail of Roumieh, authorities have also reopened a...
Rock festival funding lost over anti-Israel band
Ynet
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July 18, 2025
The municipal authority for the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, which hosts the annual Rock-en-Seine music festival, has decided to withdraw a 40,000 euro ($46,000) subsidy for the event due to its booking of Irish rap band Kneecap, it said on...
Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue
The Independent
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Drone strikes target oil fields in Iraq’s Kurdish region
Africanews
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July 18, 2025
Smoke was still rising Thursday from an oil field in Iraq’s Kurdish region, days after a drone strike hit the site. The Sarang field in Dohuk province, operated by U.S.-based HKN Energy, was attacked on Tuesday—just as the company signed a new...
Israel 'FORCED TO ACCEPT' Hamas Demands, Compelled To Drop Its Own For Gaza Truce? 'Trump Forced...'
The Times of India
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'They Took Away My Son's...': Russian Woman Reveals Key Secrets, Her Kids' Father Tracked Down Russian national Nina Kutina, who was recently found living in a cave in Gokarna with her two young daughters, has revealed she gave birth to one of...
153 people detained in anti-ISIS operations in Türkiye
APA
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153 suspects have been detained in operations against the ISIS terrorist organization in Türkiye, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on his social media account, APA reports. He revealed that the operations were carried out in 28...
Russia targets Southeast Asian markets for grain exports
Bangkok Post
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July 18, 2025
PUBLISHED : 18 Jul 2025 at 12:21 MOSCOW - Russia is targeting large markets in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Bangladesh for grain exports in the new marketing season that began on July 1, Ilya Ilyushin, head of state export...
Epstein, Trump, Clinton, and Israel: A Retrospective
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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by Mitch Maley This weekend, more than five thousand college Republicans convened in Tampa for Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit. Highlighted by events featuring A-list MAGA pundits, the gathering demonstrated a clear generational divide...
Strategic alignment in the Caspian: Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan deepen partnership
News.Az
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The visit of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, to Azerbaijan can be regarded as a historic event. The long-standing leader of Turkmenistan visited Baku for the first time, marking a significant moment in...
Oil prices hold gains on Iraqi oil field attacks, but set for weekly losses
News.Az
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Oil prices held steady in Asian trade on Friday after sharp gains fueled by drone attacks on Iraqi oil fields, while recent industry data pointing to sustained market tightness further lent support, News.az reports citing Investing. As of 21:56 ET...
Letters: It’s time for Israel to listen to their own Holocaust scholars on what constitutes genocide
Irish Independent
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As a rebuke, the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, calls on Ireland to apologise to Israel, writing online: “Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness & propose something so stupid that it would be attributed to an act of diplomatic...
Cupid makes strategic investment in GII Healthcare to enter Middle East market
Business Upturn
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July 15, 2025
Cupid Limited, a well-established Indian manufacturer of personal care and health products, has announced a strategic investment in GII Healthcare Investment Limited. The move marks Cupid’s first step into the Middle East healthcare space,...
3,233% inflation seen in Turkey’s chicken Burger King menu demonstrates enduring economic pain
BNE Intellinews
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The price of a King Chicken menu at a Burger King restaurant in Turkey jumped by 3,233% from 2016 to July 2025, according to local business daily Ekonomi. The eyewatering inflation brought the cost to Turkish lira (TRY) 265 ($7) from TRY 7.95 nine...
111 Million People, Yet AI Still Can't Break Through in Egypt
EqualOcean
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In our previous article (How China's AI is Powering Egypt's Digital Engine), we explored why Egypt—with its 111 million people, geostrategic position, and increasingly open policies—seems like a natural destination for Chinese AI expansion. But...
Friday briefing: A ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ – why is the EU not doing more to sanction Israel?
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
Good morning. Before we get into the news of the day, a bit of housekeeping. I’ve been away from the newsletter for a few months, but this isn’t the grand return I’m sure you’ve all been eagerly awaiting. Instead, this will be my last First...
China’s Kiping Solar Technology Plans Industrial Project in Egypt’s SCZone
Sada Elbalad
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July 18, 2025
Fri 18 Jul 2025 | 07:14 AM Kiping Solar Technology, a leading Chinese manufacturer of solar glass panels, is preparing to launch a major industrial project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), in a move that could significantly boost the...
Israel-Syria clash puts US policy in the crosshairs, again
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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July 17, 2025
The threat is unlikely to change Putin’s calculus, however, or bring the conflict to a near-term conclusion. Instead, Trump’s deadline is likely to make his own life more difficult, limiting his future flexibility, putting the settlement he craves...