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December 18, 2025

Nvidia to build $1.5B AI campus in Israel, calls it “second home”

Nvidia has confirmed it will establish a major new R&D campus in Kiryat Tivon, northern Israel, affirming the country’s role as a strategic “second home” for the company. The...

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December 18, 2025

US presses Pakistan to join Gaza force as move risks nationwide backlash

The United States is reportedly pressuring Pakistan to deploy troops to the planned Gaza “stabilisation force”, a move that could prove politically explosive for Islamabad, analysts have warned. According...

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December 18, 2025

British documents reveal King Abdullah’s “puzzling initiative” dreaming for Hashemite revival in Iraq ahead of invasion

The idea of offering Saddam Hussein exile to potentially avoid the 2003 invasion of Iraq originated with King Abdullah of Jordan, newly released British government documents reveal. The King...

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December 18, 2025

Green energy, old power: Who controls the energy transition in the MENA?

In Gaza, electricity shortages are not a technical inconvenience; they are a daily constraint on hospitals, water systems and basic dignity. Across other fragile parts of the Middle East...

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December 18, 2025

Palestine: Israel hands evacuation orders, seizes homes in Silwan

Israeli occupation authorities issued evacuation orders on Wednesday to Jerusalem resident Khalil Basbous and his son Bilal, requiring them to leave their homes in the Batn al-Hawa neighbourhood of...

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December 18, 2025

Doha summit: uncertainty surrounds Gaza stability force’s structure

The US Central Command Central Command (CENTCOM) led a summit in Doha, on 16 December, with around 45 countries to discuss setting up an international stabilisation force in Gaza to...

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December 18, 2025

Vance comment on criticising Israel raises concern in Tel Aviv

A comment by US Vice President JD Vance has raised concern in Tel Aviv and prompted questions about whether gaps with President Donald Trump’s administration could widen. JD Vance...

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December 18, 2025

Iraq welcomes US Congress vote to repeal 1991 and 2002 war authorisations

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed what it described as a historic vote by the US Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, to...

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December 18, 2025

Antisemitism in India: Unpacking an imported playbook

Does antisemitism grow in India? Are protests against genocide in Gaza actually an imported conspiracy of Muslims and the Left? And is the Hindu nationalist, supremacist government now positioning...

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December 18, 2025

Argentine left-wing lawmakers swear allegiance to a “free Palestine” in Congress

Argentina’s swearing-in ceremony for newly elected members of Congress erupted into controversy last week when several left-wing lawmakers broke from the standard oath of office to deliver political statements...

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