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Three Grand Canyon hikers die amid scorching hot temperatures - UPI.com

Three hikers were found dead in two separate incidents this week along the North Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, with all three having succumbed to extreme heat by the time emergency services arrived. Photo by U.S. National Parks Service June 20 (UPI) -- The National Parks Se»»»

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Qatar Tribune 21m

QC, UNHCR expand strategic partnership to support refugees

Doha Qatar Charity (QC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) signed two agreements to support more than 15,000 vulnerable forcibly displaced people in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa. The two agreements were signed by Ahmed Mohsen, UNHCR Representative to the State of Qatar, and Nawaf Abd»»»

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Arab News 25m

Brobbey, Gakpo double delight as slick Netherlands dismantle Sweden

HOUSTON: An early double from Brian Brobbey, two more in the second half for Cody Gakpo and a late goal from Crysencio Summerville helped the Netherlands cruise to an impressive 5-1 win over Sweden at the World Cup on Saturday. The Dutch delivered the performance coach Ronald Koeman had demanded af»»»

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Arab News 25m

Palestinians ‘trapped’ between Israeli settler violence and Hamas atrocities, UN Commission chair tells Arab News

NEW YORK CITY: Two systems of violence — one entrenched in the occupied West Bank and enabled by the Israeli state, the other born of Gaza’s ruin and enforced by Hamas — are closing in on the same population from opposite directions, the chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inqui»»»

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UPI 35m

5 men stabbed in alleged anti-Muslim attack in Edinburgh, Scotland - UPI.com

A man in Edinburgh, Scotland, was arrested for allegedly stabbing five men Friday evening. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 20 (UPI) -- Police arrested a man after stabbing five people in Edinburgh, Scotland, in suspected anti-Muslim attacks. The man was allegedly roaming the stre»»»

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Qatar Tribune 45m

Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah has been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. He was among two people killed, with at least one other Palestinian injured in Saturday’s raid, according to Al Jazeera colleagues on the ground. Al Jazeera said it “str»»»

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Arab News 1h

Startup Wrap: More than $69m flows into MENA startups

RIYADH: Startups across the Middle East and North Africa continued to attract fresh capital and strategic backing this week, with funding rounds, acquisitions and investments across sectors including artificial intelligence, fintech, and logistics. UAE-based data and artificial intelligence company»»»

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UPI 1h

Trump administration may keep Kennedy Center closed for renovations - UPI.com

The decision would be in defiance of a federal judge's order. A tarp covers the sign for the Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., last week as federal employees complied with a court order to remove Trump's name from the building. Phot»»»

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Gulf News 1h

France issues record red heat alert for one-third of country

France issued a red alert for the heatwave across more than a third of the country for Sunday, also banning the consumption of alcohol during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities that day. The ferocious heatwave, which began earlier this week, has disrupted the country, forcing the cancellatio»»»

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Arab News 1h

Lebanon central bank condemns Israeli strike on branch in south

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s central bank on Saturday condemned a “direct and deliberate” Israeli attack on one of its branches in the southern city of Nabatieh, where Israel has intensified its strikes despite a ceasefire. “Israeli forces directly targeted a branch of the Bank of Lebanon in Nabatieh,” the ba»»»

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Arab News 1h

What We Are Reading Today: The Heat and the Fury

Author: Peter Schwartzstein As a journalist on the climate security beat, Peter Schwartzstein has been chased by kidnappers, badly beaten, detained by police, and told that he was no longer welcome in certain countries. Yet these personal brushes with violence are simply a hint of the conflict simm»»»

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TAP 1h

Cabinet approves set of measures to accelerate development projects and ensure effective implementation

Tunis, June 20 (TAP) - The Cabinet meeting, held on Saturday under chairmanship of Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, approved a set of measures regarding the progress of development project implementation nationwide.These measures include the...»»»

The Peninsula 2h

Dutch swat Sweden as Germany, Ivory Coast eye World Cup knockout rounds

Los Angeles, United States: The Netherlands put one foot in the World Cup knockout rounds with a stylish 5-1 demolition of Sweden on Saturday as Germany prepared to take on the Ivory Coast with the winner guaranteed a place in the last 32. Sweden, themselves 5-1 winners against Tunisia in their ope»»»

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RT 2h

Russia hails Poland stripping Zelensky of state honor over ‘Nazi glorification’ controversy

Russian officials have welcomed Warsaw’s decision to strip Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honor. The decision came after Kiev named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a nationalist force implicated in massacres of Poles and»»»

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Arab News 2h

Belgium winger Jérémy Doku out for World Cup match with Iran due to illness

CALIFORNIA: Belgium’s Jérémy Doku will not play in his team’s World Cup match against Iran on Sunday due to illness. The Manchester City winger was ruled out Saturday by the Red Devils for the match at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area. The speedy Doku started Belgium’s World Cup opener last Mon»»»

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Arab News 2h

Rising numbers of Syrian refugees return home from Jordan

AMMAN: More than 200,000 Syrian refugees voluntarily returned home from Jordan between December 2024 and June this year, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Saturday. In a report released on World Refugee Day, June 20, the UNHCR said that voluntary returns from Jordan to Syria increased s»»»

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Arab News 2h

UN Security Council demands RSF halt assault on Sudan’s El Obeid amid mass atrocity fears

NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council on Saturday demanded that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces immediately halt its assault on the city of El Obeid, warning of an imminent risk of mass atrocities as the paramilitary group masses reinforcements around the city. Council members said they were alarmed »»»

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The Peninsula 2h

Japan target first win as Tunisia aim to bounce back in historic 1,000th World Cup match

DOHA: Japan and Tunisia will face off in a crucial Group F encounter at the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Sunday, with both teams eager to strengthen their chances of reaching the knockout stage after contrasting results in their opening matches. The match, scheduled for 7am (Qatar time) at Monterrey Stad»»»

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The Peninsula 2h

Egypt discovers two tombs dating back to early dynastic period

Cairo: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced today that its archaeological mission successfully discovered two tombs dating back to the Early Dynastic Period, along with several burials from the Predynastic and Late Periods, in the Gebel El-Teir area in Minya governorate, south»»»

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Dailynews Hungary 2h

Hungary's Parliament progressing forward: wealth tax, reforming education, regulating AI and social media for children

Hungary’s government is preparing one of the most extensive legislative programmes in recent years, with 83 proposed bills scheduled for debate during the autumn parliamentary session. The plans, submitted by Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office Bálint Ruff, outline sweeping reforms affecti»»»

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RT 2h

West should have kept Russia in G8, Trump says

The West should not have expelled Russia from the G8, US President Donald Trump has said, adding that keeping Moscow in the group could have prevented the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Trump made the remarks in a wide-ranging interview with Axios published on Friday, in which the US p»»»

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Gulf News 2h

Sharjah drivers face diversions from June 21 as two roundabouts get traffic signals

Sharjah: The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA) will begin implementing temporary traffic diversions and partial closures from Sunday as work gets under way to redevelop the Imran Bin Tareem and Ahmed Bin Hadeed roundabouts into permanent signal-controlled intersections. The project is pa»»»

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Daily News Egypt 2h

New Jabal Al-Tayr discovery reshapes understanding of early Egyptian funerary architecture

An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities has uncovered two tombs dating back to Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period, along with several burials from the Predynastic and Late Periods, during excavation works at the Jabal Al-Tayr site in Minya. The discovery sheds new ligh»»»

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Daily News Egypt 2h

Health Minister hails Shifa Al-Orman Hospital as model for public–civil society partnership

Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar praised Shifa Al-Orman Cancer Hospital in Luxor as a successful model of cooperation between the state and civil society organisations in delivering healthcare services. Speaking at an event marking the hospital’s 10th anniversary, Abdel Ghaffar highlighted its »»»

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Arab News 2h

Israel army confirms killing of journalist in Gaza, says he was ‘Hamas terrorist’

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday it had carried out a strike that killed Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah in Gaza, saying he was a “Hamas terrorist.” “The IDF confirms it carried out a strike on Ahmed Wishah, who was a Hamas terrorist,” a military spokesman told AFP. The spokesman di»»»

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Arab News 3h