Category: Iran
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Thursday briefing: How the war in Gaza is making life harder for Israel’s Palestinian citizens
Good morning. As Israel’s war in Gaza rages on, having killed 45,000 Palestinians and transformed the densely populated territory into a landscape of rubble and ash, Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCIs) find themselves in a precarious position. Comprising 20% of Israel’s population, PCIs have long experienced systemic discrimination. This marginalisation was starkly highlighted in 2018,…
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Oil Steady as Traders Weigh Ukraine Risks After Stockpiles Gain
A pump jack in Midland, Texas, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Oil steadied following its biggest one-day jump in almost a year as fears that Israel may decide to strike Iranian crude facilities in retaliation for a missile barrage kept the market on edge. Photographer: Anthony Prieto/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Oil steadied as the market…
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Iraqi PM Slams Israel’s Complaint over Attacks by Iraqi Iran-Backed Militias
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has dismissed an Israeli complaint to the UN Security Council about strikes by Iraq’s Iran-backed Shiite militias on Israel as a “pretext and argument to attack Iraq” and to “expand the war in the region.” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had earlier posted on X a letter to the…
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Cat-astrophe! What happens when dirty-minded North Koreans meet Iranian nuclear purrfidy
New starters to the work of intelligence analysis are warned about the danger from “invisible cats”. The circular logic was brilliantly captured by the author C.S Lewis. “If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty,” he reasoned. “But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 20, 2024
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 20, 2024 Karolina Hird, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Davit Gasparyan, Grace Mappes, Olivia Gibson, William Runkel, Nate Trotter, Kateryna Stepanenko, and George Barros November 20, 2024, 6:30pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps…
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Hezbollah is still trying to manage contained war with Israel – analysis
Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, signals readiness for a long conflict, threatening Tel Aviv in response to Israeli strikes. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN NOVEMBER 21, 2024 09:37 Updated: NOVEMBER 21, 2024 09:43 Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers a speech from an unknown location, November 20, 2024 in this still image from video. (photo…
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Satire | Mind the g-word
As a progressive, liberal, Ivy League-educated weapons contractor who voted for Harris despite donating to Trump, it goes without saying that I am a staunch believer in human rights and a rules-based international order. So you can imagine how painful it has been for me to see all those images streaming out of Gaza. It…
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Adoption of sanctions against Iran risks hitting IAEA’s performance of its professional duties – FM
Iran Materials 21 November 2024 11:12 (UTC +04:00) Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. The adoption of sanctions against Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency could deal a blow to the IAEA’s fulfillment of its technical and professional duty, the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said, Trend reports. He made the statement…
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Iran releases currency exchange rates for November 21
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) put up an official exchange rate for foreign currencies on November 21, Trend reports via the CBI. According to the bank’s currency exchange rate, ten currencies increased in price, while 34 decreased compared to November 20. As for CBI, $1 equals 454,846 rials and one…
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International Relations and Global Issues
Skip to main content Search NewslettersWatchlist Home Watchlist For You Canada World Business Investing Personal Finance Opinion Politics Sports Life Arts Drive Real Estate Latest world Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since Oct. 1 invasion, Lebanese media say November 16, 2024 world G7 confirms pledge to impose severe costs on Russia for Ukraine…