Category: Pro
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Türkiye throws Somalia a lifeline to catch illegal fishers
A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Somalia loses around US$300 million annually to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its vast waters. Boasting Africa’s longest coastline – approximately 3 333 km along the northern Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden – the country’s seas are…
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Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
As far as biblical heroines go, Esther was relatively low-maintenance and docile. She did not take up arms or slay any enemies. For much of her life, she lived quietly amid the sandy flats and cypress trees of ancient Persia (now mainly Iran), pretending to be Christian. An orphan, she was raised by her older…
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Oil Market Report – March 2025 – Analysis
Shifting sands Benchmark crude oil prices fell in February and early March as concerns mounted over the outlook for the economy and global oil demand growth amid escalating trade tensions and as OPEC+ announced it would start unwinding production cuts in April. Against this backdrop, discussions started on the potential for an initial ceasefire and…
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Trade key in Russo-Iranian partnership
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Russia and Iran’s new 20-year treaty strengthens economic ties but lacks formal military obligations, reflecting shifting regional priorities. On January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow to conclude a Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. It is the first bilateral treaty between the two countries since 2001. Given the…
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Saudi Arabia Date Market to Reach 0.22 USD Billion by 2032 with 5.22% CAGR by increasing consumption of healthy snacks
Saudi Arabia Date Market Research Report Information By Nature, By Type, By Distribution Channel and Saudi Arabia Market Forecast Till 2032 NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 13, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / — Saudi Arabia’s date market was valued at USD 0.06 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow from USD 0.12 billion in…
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Trump daily intel brief role almost handed over to ‘extremely dangerous’ anti-Israel scholar
Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, has decided against appointing Daniel Davis to a key intelligence position following criticism from some members of President Donald Trump’s orbit over Davis’ views on Israel’s military operations in Gaza, The New York Times reported based on information from officials familiar with the situation. According to The New York…
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The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath
Mustafa was 16 when he was detained and beaten by the police for the first time. It was early 2011, and the first stirrings of the Arab spring had grown into anti-government demonstrations across the Middle East. In Syria, a sense of anxious anticipation hung in the air, and the government was responding with propaganda…
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Hamas reacts positively to change in Trump’s stance on Gaza
CAIR, March 13. /TASS/. A Hamas spokesman welcomed US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks where he appeared to back away from his idea to relocate Gaza residents. “If US President Trump has indeed abandoned ideas of evicting Gazans from the enclave, it is commendable. We call on the American leader to continue to uphold this…
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Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad
For more than a decade, Syria’s crisis has caused unimaginable suffering inside the country and a constant stream of strategically significant negative spillover effects across the Middle East and globally. For much of that time, the conflict has appeared too intense, too complex, and too intertwined in geopolitics to be resolved, with the international community…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 12, 2025
Click here to read the full report. Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain…