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How can the Islamic world challenge West...

How can the Islamic world challenge Western narratives about it?

How can the Islamic world challenge Western narratives about it? ## Navigating Identity: An Academic’s Perspective on Islam and the Western Gaze **Cambridge, UK** – The complex interplay between Islamic societies and prevailing Western perceptions is a subject of ongoing academic discourse.... read more »

Silent Cold War: Why calls to slow AI ha...

Silent Cold War: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new USChina frontier

Silent Cold War: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new USChina frontier ## Geopolitical Currents Swirl as AI Access Becomes New Global Flashpoint The burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, once a realm of pure scientific advancement, is increasingly finding itself at the nexus of... read more »

Fiscal pressure from Iran War clouds Gul...

Fiscal pressure from Iran War clouds Gulf States US spending plans

Fiscal pressure from Iran War clouds Gulf States US spending plans ### Shifting Sands: Gulf States Re-evaluate US Defense Pledges Amidst Economic Headwinds **New analysis suggests regional powers may redirect resources towards domestic priorities as geopolitical tensions escalate.** A recent... read more »

Three killed and 15 injured in shooting ...

Three killed and 15 injured in shooting near school as tense Philippines el...

Three killed and 15 injured in shooting near school as tense Philippines election looms ### **Violent Incident Mars Philippine Election Lead-Up, Claims Lives and Injures Dozens** **MANILA, Philippines** – A tragic shooting incident near a school in the southern Philippines has claimed the lives... read more »

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Kim Jong Un’s uncle ousted from leadership role, associates...

Sydney – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s uncle has apparently been purged and two associates executed. The move is seen as the most significant ousting since Kim Jong took the helm in... read more »

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloomberg reporters

China daily criticises Cameron, says Britain not &...

Sydney – A China daily has criticised British Prime Minister David Cameron for colluding with France and Germany to provoke Beijing over the... read more »

Yasser Arafat was not poisoned, say French scientists

Yasser Arafat was not poisoned, say French scientists

Washington – French scientists have dismissed the earlier findings about the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that he was poisoned by... read more »

India, China emerging as more important US allies: Surv...

India, China emerging as more important US allies: Survey

Washington – While growing numbers of Americans believe th! at US global power and prestige are in decline, top foreign policy experts think China and... read more »

‘Air-defence zone not to affect freedom of overfl...

China slams Japan for slandering its air defence zone in international forum

Beijing – China Wednesday said its Air Defence Identification Zone over the East China Sea is not a “no-fly zone” and will not affect the... read more »

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US imposes sanctions on Turkish bank, prompting legal threat **US Targets Turkish Bank with Sanctions Over Alleged Iran Dealings** **Washington D.C.** – The United States has levied... read more »

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Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

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