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EU adds Lebanon in money laundering list, removes UAE
The European Union has added Lebanon to its list of countries considered high-risk for money laundering, while working to remove the United Arab Emirates from the list, Al-Monitor reported on June 11th....
Morocco faces a budget deficit of 22.9 billion dhms by May
Still reeling from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation, debt is piling up in Morocco, threatening unrest that could tip over. At the end of May 2025,...
Israel uses tensions with Iran to heighten control of mosque
Following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has been closed by Israel without any information regarding when the Islamic holy site will be reopened for Palestinian worshippers, according...
UN warns South Sudan peace deal on brink of collapse
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued a stark warning on June 13, cautioning that the 2018 peace agreement is in danger of unraveling. The Commission...
Martin Jay: Iran attacks aim to jeopardise nuclear talks with US
RT contributor and editor-in-chief of Maghrebi.org, Martin Jay, has said Israel's attacks on Iran were carried out with the intention of jeopardising Iran's nuclear talks with the US, during an...
Middle East tensions prompt surge in oil costs
International oil costs rose sharply after Israel attacked Iran, as regional conflict escalates, according to the BBC on June 13th. The benchmark Brent crude oil climbed by over 10% after...
US denies any role in Israeli strikes on Iran
The White House emphasised that the United States was not involved in Israel’s attack on Iran, The Washington Post reported on June 13th. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the...
Home Office U-turn allows Afghan rights activist to stay in UK
A woman from Afghanistan who put her life on the line to protect human rights, has been permitted to stay in the UK, after the Home office took a U-turn,...
Islamic State seeks revival in Iraq and Syria
Leaders of the Middle East and allies in the West have claimed that the Islamic State could see the fall of Syria's Assad regime as an opportunity for the group...
Geopolitics
Graft
Turkish authorities continue crackdown on the country’s opposition
Five elected mayors have been suspended by Turkish authorities as the crackdown on the country's opposition continues. According to AP News, the suspended mayors represent...
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade bags another ex-Minister
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade is gaining momentum, with the country’s entrenched elites increasingly under fire. As President Bassirou Faye, makes good on his campaign promises, critics...
Mauritania’s former president jailed for corruption
Mauritania’s former president has been jailed for 15 years and fined three million dollars on charges of corruption. The move may mark a pivotal shift...
Spy Chief Disputes Netanyahu Dismissal
Israeli Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar has submitted a scathing affidavit to the Supreme Court. He claims Netanyahu tried to dismiss him after he refused...
Sarkozy faces prison over alleged Libyan cash
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, faces prison over alleged Libyan financing of his campaign in 2007. According to AP News, the financing of the...
Politics
US fears al-Sharaa’s reforms raise risk of assassination
Ambassador Tom Barrack from President Donald Trump’s government expressed concern that Syria president Ahmed al-Sharaa could be assassinated due to his efforts towards governmental reform,...
Strikes erupt as Morocco’s government workers grow restive
Morroco’s disgruntled workers have launched rolling strikes this June raising fears of wider resistance as the Kingdom increasingly cracks down on dissent. Local government employees...
Netanyahu survives vote to dissolve Israeli parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government narrowly survived an opposition-led motion to dissolve parliament, according to Al-Monitor on June 11th. The vote saw 61...
Burundi’s elections leave opposition without representation
On June 11th, Burundi’s ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, won all 100 seats in the latest legislative elections, according to official results released by the national...
Opposition fails to dissolve Israel’s parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government narrowly survived an opposition-led motion to dissolve parliament, according to Al-Monitor on June 11th. The vote, held in...
Syria’s al-Sharaa in danger of assassination, US warns
The US special envoy for Syria has said the Trump administration believes Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s engagement with Western nations could mean he is in...
Tabloid
Trump claims China talks as Beijing denies negotiations
US President Donald Trump claimed in an interview published on April 25th that tariff negotiations with China were under way, although Beijing swiftly denied that...
Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced, after his final address on Easter Sunday, April 20th. “Dearest brothers and...
Vatican announces the death of Pope Francis, aged 88
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced, as dedications and obituaries flood in. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop...
Ex-HTS leader Al-Sharaa named in Time’s 100 influential list
Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s interim president and former Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader, was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2025, the only...
French film star Depardieu begins trial on sexual assault charges
French film star Gérard Depardieu, famous both inside and outside of France and the highest-profile figure in French cinema to face allegations of sexual assault...
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