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Iran uses embassies abroad for surveillance and subterfuge, ex-staff say
Iran International
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June 7, 2025
Iran uses its overseas missions to covertly surveil dissidents and fund influence operations via state-backed cultural initiatives, multiple former Iranian diplomats and embassy staff members told Iran International. Their accounts document a...
Israel recovers body of Thai farmworker in Gaza
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces have recovered the body of a Thai citizen who was abducted and taken back to the Gaza Strip in the 2023 Hamas-led attack, the military said Saturday. Nattapong Pinta was in his 30s and was a farmworker at...
Israeli airstrikes kill 55 in Gaza; body of Thai hostage retrieved
SBS
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The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas' October 7 attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz said, as Israeli airstrikes killed 55 people in the Palestinian territory, according to local...
Israelis keep applying to top US universities amid Trump visa crackdown, advisers say
The Times of Israel
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June 7, 2025
After the start of the Gaza war, Shimri Winters, an Israeli who consults for Israeli students applying to US universities, started hearing from applicants who were concerned about anti-Israel protests on American campuses. When the Trump...
Iran Ready For Inspection Of Nuclear Facilities, But Won’t Accept Coercion: President Pezeshkian
Ommcom News
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June 8, 2025
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that his country is ready for inspection of its nuclear facilities, but does not accept coercion. Pezeshkian made the remarks in a meeting, on Saturday, with Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and...
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Israeli forces retrieve Thai hostage’s body amid ongoing airstrikes
Firstpost
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June 7, 2025
The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, as Israeli airstrikes killed 55 people, according to local medics....
Iran Furious At 'Racist' US Travel Ban Targeting Muslim Nations
Zero Hedge
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At a moment both sides are still engaged in highly sensitive nuclear negotiations, Iran has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, blasting it as "racist" and indicative of Washington's deep hostility toward Iranians and...
Israeli airstrikes kill 55; body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza
Japan Today
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June 7, 2025
The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, as Israeli airstrikes killed 55 people, according to local medics....
INTO THE FRAY: Is Israel on the cusp of civil war?
The Jewish Press
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June 8, 2025
Israel is on the brink of civil war. An irreconcilable rift is beginning to open up between rival segments of Israeli society, which no amount of unilateral goodwill can amicably bridge. The tectonic fault lines, threatening to split the nation’s...
Why American support for Israel remains strong despite campus antisemitism
The Jerusalem Post
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June 7, 2025
Wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh on top of her robe, MIT class president Megha Vemuri centered her commencement address on attacks against Israel, saying that Israel was trying to “wipe Palestine off the face of the earth” and that MIT was complicit...
Bad news for India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and some other countries as Saudi Arabia suspends this visa, Check Full List here
India.com
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June 8, 2025
Home News Bad news for India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and some other countries as Saudi Arabia suspends this visa, Check Full List here The decision is primarily intended to prevent visa misuse and unauthorised participation in the Hajj pilgrimage,...
USMNT 1-2 Turkey: Pochettino's side suffers third loss in a row
The Athletic
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June 7, 2025
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — It was as bright a start as the U.S. men’s national team could have hoped for under the rain on Saturday afternoon against Turkey. A first-minute goal gave the U.S. the lead despite a starting lineup devoid of its biggest...
UNRWA slams Israeli ban on international journalists reporting on Gaza, calls to allow it to work
Middle East Monitor
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June 7, 2025
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), on Saturday condemned Israel’s ongoing ban on international journalists entering Gaza, calling it an unprecedented act in modern conflict, Anadolu...
Pochettino: Tottenham return 'not realistic' despite Spurs job opening
The Athletic
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June 8, 2025
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Mauricio Pochettino said Saturday night after the U.S. men’s national team’s 2-1 defeat to Turkey that a return to Tottenham Hotspur at this point in time was “not realistic.” Asked by a reporter whether he had seen the...
USMNT drops third straight in 2-1 defeat to Türkiye
NBC Sports
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June 7, 2025
Names will be made this summer in United States men’s national team action, which began with a 2-1 friendly loss to Turkiye in East Hartford on Saturday. PLAYER RATINGS — USMNT 1-2 Turkiye Jack McGlynn scored after 59 seconds but the Yanks’ sloppy...
Iran ready for inspection of nuclear facilities, but won't accept coercion: president
Xinhua News Agency
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TEHRAN, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday his country is ready for inspection of its nuclear facilities, but does not accept coercion. Pezeshkian made the remarks in a meeting with Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime...
Yair Golan’s accusations against Netanyahu: A reflection of Israel’s deep divides
The Jerusalem Post
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June 8, 2025
Edmund Burke thought of the ears of his fellow Englishmen as being “distinguishing.” In an 1811 volume of his collected maxims published by Dr. French Laurence, his literary editor, we read on page 39: “They hear these men speak broad. Their...
Musk’s efficiency model fails, Israel needs excellence
The Jerusalem Post
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June 8, 2025
Imagine two government offices side by side. In the first, budget cuts eliminate 30% of the staff, forcing the remaining workers to process paperwork faster, yet citizens still wait hours, frustrated and unserved. In the second, a complete digital...
Second Harvest culinary program serves up new chefs on path to gainful employment
WKMG 6 - Florida
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June 7, 2025
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – New chefs graduated from Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s Culinary Program on Saturday. Between the two graduating classes, 17 new chefs received their diplomas after completing the 16-week program. Second...
Gold Sinks On Solid U.S. Jobs Report But Clings To Weekly Gains
myMotherLode - California
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Saturday, June 7, 2025 4:33 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Gold price extended its losses for the second consecutive day on Friday but is poised to finish the week with gains of over 1.30% after the latest Nonfarm Payrolls report in the United...