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Pope calls for ceasefire, dialogue, peace after church hit in Gaza
Detroit Catholic
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July 17, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) ─ After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region. With Israeli tanks shelling multiple targets in Gaza, witnesses claimed the...
Abu Dhabi: Life-Changing Surgery Helps Mother See Her Children Clearly Again
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) For years, Ellyzabeth Bella Lukitasari was told there was no treatment for her worsening vision beyond medication and eye drops. She couldn't see more than three metres ahead. But after moving to the UAE three years ago, a...
Israel urged to support UN aid to end ‘mass starvation’
The Saturday Paper
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July 25, 2025
Hunger in Gaza Israel expanded its ground offensive in Gaza this week amid concerns about a worsening food shortage in the enclave as a new distribution system continued to pose deadly risks to those seeking aid. Health authorities in Gaza said...
China-Egypt ties grow as BRI, other multilateral mechanisms provide platform to deepen cooperation
Global Times
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The scenery of Cairo in Egypt File photo: VCG In eastern Egypt, rows of photovoltaic modules from Chinese solar technology giant LONGi are providing substantial and stable clean electricity for the water pump irrigation systems in the region's...
Son Reunites with Ex-Wife of New Cairo Serial Killer Following Grandmother’s Arrest
Egyptian Streets
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July 17, 2025
Alexandrian security forces have arrested the mother of Karim Selim, widely known in the media as the “New Cairo Serial Killer” or the “Tagamoa Serial Killer”, to enforce a six-month prison sentence issued against her for repeatedly refusing to...
‘Sudan, Remember Us’ Trailer: Watermelon Pictures Sets August Release For Doc Paying Tribute To Youthful Pro-Democracy Activism
Deadline
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July 17, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has set an August 8 U.S. theatrical release for Hind Meddeb’s timely documentary Sudan, Remember Me which has been on 10-month worldwide tour screening in scores of festivals. French-born journalist and filmmaker...
Israeli strikes kill 22 in Gaza, two die in church late pope often spoke to
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to...
UAE Tour 2024: UAE Team Emirates embrace pressure of home race expectations
The National News
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UAE Team Emirates possess such strength in depth nowadays that even without Tadej Pogacar for this year's UAE Tour, the home team are regarded as runaway favourites for the general classification title. Pogacar, the world's best road cyclist and...
Israeli strikes kill 22 in Gaza, church late pope often called is damaged
Times LIVE
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The Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it was looking into the matter. “The IDF is aware of reports regarding damage caused to the Holy Family Church in Gaza City and casualties at...
Israeli strikes kill 22 in Gaza, two die in church late pope often spoke to
Yahoo News
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to...
Over 1.3M displaced Sudanese return home amid urgent aid needs: UN agencies
Yeni Safak
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Despite the ongoing conflict across Sudan, more than one million internally displaced people have returned home as "pockets of relative safety have emerged," alongside 320,000 others crossing back into the country from Egypt and South Sudan since...
Egypt discussion the focus of meeting
Port Lincoln Times
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July 13, 2025
Sally Packer Chris and Kevin Phillis presented an overview of their trip to Egypt at a recent meeting of Charlton branch of Women in Agriculture and Business. Chris outlined the geography, history, people, agriculture and historic sites of the...
Archaeologists discover 5,500-year-old 'Trapezoidal tombs' older than Egypt's Pyramids
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered massive ancient tombs dating back 5,500 years, making them older than Egypt’s pyramids. The structures, located in General Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park in western Poland, were discovered by a team from...
What Mahmoud v. Taylor Means for Anti-Zionism in Public Education
National Law Review
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July 16, 2025
In a landmark decision late last month, Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court reaffirmed parents’ First Amendment right to educate their children in a manner consistent with their religious beliefs. And because of the Free Exercise Clause, the...
Outrage among Germany's imams: Seyran Ateş' warnings against 'Islamisation' dangerous
Euronews
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July 25, 2025
Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria's new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend,...
Entlaq launches national report on Egypt’s cleantech and energy future
Wamda
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July 17, 2025
Press release: In a strategic move that underscores Egypt’s commitment to a sustainable green economy, Entlaq for Strategic Consulting and Research, in collaboration with the Ministerial Group for Entrepreneurship and the Ministry of Planning,...
Israel 'deeply regrets' church strike in Gaza - Netanyahu
RTE Ireland
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July 17, 2025
Israel has said that it "deeply regrets" that the only Catholic Church in Gaza was hit during a strike, where three people were killed and several others injured. "Israel deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza's Holy Family Church," said...
Lifelike Faces of the Dead: Fayum Portraits from Roman Egypt
DailyArt Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Though they are often referred to as “Fayum portraits”—taking their title from the location of a region in Egypt where Pharaoh Amenemhat III‘s mortuary temple once stood—they came from various places across Egypt. These ancient Egyptian-Roman...
Women Redraw Egypt’s Economy Through Micro-Enterprise
Egyptian Streets
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July 12, 2025
In a workshop in Upper Egypt, a group of women gather around sewing machines, their hands stitching fabric into garments and the fabric of a new economic reality. Through the Women’s Enterprise Support Programme, thousands of women like them are...
Bishop Eckman takes the helm as Pittsburgh Catholics ask more of their church
Public Source - Pennsylvania
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July 17, 2025
On the day of his installation, Bishop Mark A. Eckman climbed the sandstone steps of St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland, clad in white vestments and a miter. He struck the cathedral’s oaken door three times with his wooden crosier, the hooked staff of...