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Breaking News: China to commission third aircraft carrier Fujian to expand operations in Pacific and Indian Oceans
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the South China Morning Post on August 23, 2025, China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, could be officially commissioned next month during the 80th anniversary of victory over Japanese...
Kaizer Chiefs striker earns maiden call-up ahead of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Briefly
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August 24, 2025
Kaizer Chiefs' new signing Flavio Silva has earned his first international call-up ahead of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September. Silva joined Kaizer Chiefs on a free transfer in the summer from Persebaya Surabaya in Indonesia,...
29-player squad named for Qatar-UAE friendlies
Gulf Daily News Online
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FOOTBALL – BAHRAIN named yesterday a 29-player squad for their two international friendly matches early next month against Gulf rivals Qatar and the UAE. The Bahrain Football Association (BFA) announced the call-ups of senior men’s football...
My OCD was spiralling out of control – and I set off to visit all 195 countries
The Guardian
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August 24, 2025
In May 2020, a month into the first Covid lockdown in Miami, Florida, 20-year-old student Cameron Mofid found his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) beginning to spiral out of control. “I was first diagnosed with the condition when I was 12. It...
Ethiopia’s Breakthrough at LLDC3: Unlocking a Land linked Future
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 23, 2025
Picture a nation pulsing with history, culture, and ambition, yet cut off from the sea a critical lifeline to global markets. This is Ethiopia’s reality. Since 1993, when Eritrea’s independence left it landlocked, Africa’s second-most populous...
Talajić Names 29-Man Squad for September Friendlies
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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Friendlies set vs Qatar (Sept 3) and UAE (Sept 8) Preparation for Arab Cup 2025 in Doha this December Bahrain to face Qatar and UAE in Arab Cup tune-ups Croatian coach Dragan Talajić has confirmed a 29-man Bahrain squad for next month’s...
Ethiopia’s Double Standard: Talking Peace on the Nile, Hinting Force on the Red Sea
Awate
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August 23, 2025
I was compelled to write this piece after hearing from a friend about a recent interview allegedly given by Bereket Simon, Ethiopia’s former Minister of Communication, on an Amharic-language radio station. Relying on my friend’s translation, I...
Customs Commission’s delay on...
Capital
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August 24, 2025
The Ethiopian Customs Commission’s prolonged failure to approve the Origin Verification Guideline (OVG) has led to significant government revenue losses and reduced operational efficiency, according to a recent audit report. The draft guideline,...
“String Of Pearls”: China's Oceanic Gambit
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The so-called String of Pearls strategy, a metaphor coined in Western policy circles in the early 2000s, is far more than a shipping map. It's Beijing's blueprint for a chain of naval and port infrastructure stretching...
UNSC reportedly to hold meeting over Israel's planned expansion in Gaza; meeting likely to urge Israel to abandon occupation plan: expert
Global Times
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Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Rimal area, west of Gaza City, on Aug. 8, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) The UN Security Council will convene for an emergency meeting on Sunday following Israel's...
Beyond African Union Governance, Peace
This Day
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August 24, 2025
and Security Frameworks: Sorrow and Fear Bola A. Akinterinwa The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has set up a High-level Panel of Eminent Experts to conduct a Comprehensive Review of the African Union...
‘FIFA Arab Cup an opportunity to showcase our culture to the world’
Qatar Tribune
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August 24, 2025
Tribune News Network Doha The FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 will kick off in 100 days from today. The Arab world’s biggest football competition will take place in Qatar from 1 – 18 December, bringing together the best teams from across the region to...
US: Trump decision to meet Kim leader validates his approach
Samoa Observer
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday the U.S. push to isolate North Korea compelled the reclusive nation to reach out for presidential-level talks, validating the Trump administration's hard-line strategy of economic penalties and...
FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025: 100 Days to go until kickoff on Dec 1
I Love Qatar
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August 23, 2025
Intensive preparations continue for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 which will kick off in 100 days from today. The Arab world's biggest football competition will take place in Qatar from 1 – 18 December, bringing together the best teams from across...
Qatar: 100-day countdown to FIFA Arab Cup 2025
Madhyamam
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August 23, 2025
The countdown to the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 has officially begun, with just 100 days remaining until the region’s premier football competition kicks off. The tournament will run from December 1 to December 18, bringing together the best national...
Pentagon Chief Fires Intelligence Director Following Iran Strike Assessment Controversy
The New York Sun
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August 23, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, marking the latest in a series of high-level military terminations under the Trump administration. The firing, first reported...
Maritime Superiority and Strategic Deterrence: Why Naval Power Still Shapes Global Security
The Good Men Project - California
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August 23, 2025
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris...
100 days to go for FIFA Arab Cup
Oman Observer
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August 23, 2025
The FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 will kick off in 100 days from today. The Arab world’s biggest football competition will take place in Qatar from December 1 – 18, bringing together the best teams from across the region to compete for the coveted...
Meles Zenawi Legacy Why Ethnic Federalism Still Haunts Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 23, 2025
“#Tigray–#Tigrinya” history👇: In the early ’90s, the #Ethiopian Government fell into the hands of fascist anti-#Ethiopian #Adwa terrorists known as the #TPLF. The #TPLF led by Meles Zenawi claimed that #Ethiopia was an artificial state which...
Wings of solidarity over the ruins of Gaza
Kathimerini
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As he pointed the lumbering C-130H toward the drop zone from some 2,000 feet above Gaza, what Major K.M., who piloted the Hellenic Air Force cargo plane in a recent operation to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave, saw below was...