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Ask people how much they expect to change over the next 10 years, and most will say “not much.” Ask them how much they’ve changed in the past decade, and the answer flips. Regardless of age, the past always feels more transformative than the future.  

This blind spot has a name: the end-of-history illusion. Researchers have shown that people of all ages underestimate…

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News Source: www.forbes.com

August 18, 2025
US envoy says Israel’s turn to ‘comply’ as Lebanon moves to disarm Hezbollah

US envoy Tom Barrack on Monday called on Israel to honour commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese government launched a process to disarm the militant group.

Under the November truce agreement, weapons in Lebanon were to be restricted to the state and Israel was to fully withdraw its troops from the country, although it has kept forces at five border points it deems strategic.

“I think the Lebanese government has done their part. They’ve taken the…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

August 18, 2025
Footage shows Israeli missile targeting Palestinian girl child in Gaza

GAZA, (PIC)

In the northern Gaza Strip, 12-year-old Amna Ashraf al-Mufti was killed in cold blood by an Israeli drone strike as she carried nothing more than a gallon of water for her family.

This came in exclusive footage newly obtained by Al Jazeera satellite channel. It captures the harrowing moment an Israeli drone-fired missile killed the girl as she was carrying water in Jabalia, northern Gaza, in December 2024.

Two men, apparently paramedics, are later seen retrieving her…

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News Source: english.palinfo.com

August 18, 2025
Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis: A memory erased beneath the rubble

KHAN YUNIS, (PIC)

In western Khan Yunis, Al-Amal (Hope) neighborhood hides behind the dust of explosions. Only the name remains alive, while the place itself has turned into ruins, houses obliterated by shells and dreams buried beneath the rubble.

Every stone that collapses here carries a scream, and every destroyed street tells the story of a neighborhood that, until very recently, was full of life.

“O Allah, keep Hope alive”

Mahmoud Al-Sheikh Ali, a displaced resident of…

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News Source: english.palinfo.com

August 18, 2025
Tehran will continue talks with IAEA, foreign ministry says

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will continue talks with the IAEA – the U.N. nuclear watchdog – and the two sides will probably have another round of negotiations in the coming days, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.

(Reporting by Elwely Elwelly; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

August 18, 2025
Albanese: Hamas is a political movement and should be treated like that

ROME, (PIC)

UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese defended the Hamas Movement as a political movement and highlighted its administrative authority in the Gaza Strip in an address earlier this week in Italy, shared on social media by UN Watch on Friday.

Albanese explained that many people do not have a clear and real understanding of what Hamas is, emphasizing that it is a political movement that won democratic elections.

“People continue…

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News Source: english.palinfo.com

August 18, 2025
Bolivia to hold presidential run-off between centrist and right-winger | Elections News

Early results showed centrist Rodrigo Paz take the lead, with 32.8 percent of the vote, in surprise outcome.

Bolivia is heading to a presidential run-off between a centrist and right-wing candidate, confirming the end of two decades of government by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), according to the South American country’s electoral council.

With more than 91 percent of the ballots counted on Sunday night, preliminary results showed centrist Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

August 18, 2025
Trump says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy could end war ‘almost immediately’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

United States President Donald Trump has increased pressure on Ukraine to accept an agreement to end Russia’s war, claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could choose to end the conflict “almost immediately”.

Addressing Zelenskyy a day before his high-stakes visit to the White House on Monday, Trump warned that the return of Russian-occupied Crimea and Ukrainian membership of NATO would be off the table in any negotiated settlement.

“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

August 18, 2025
Tourism deal puts one of Egypt’s last wild shores at risk

In Egypt’s Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea’s last wild shores.

Off Ras Hankorab, the endangered green turtles weave between coral gardens that marine biologists call among the most resilient to climate change in the world.

By night in nesting season, they crawl ashore under the Milky Way’s glow, undisturbed by artificial lights.

So when excavators rolled onto the sand in March, reserve staff and…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

August 18, 2025
More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto | Shipping News

Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region.

Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, according to authorities.

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Sunday that its Sokoto operations office had deployed a response team to support rescue efforts following the “tragic boat mishap”.

NEMA’s director general, Zubaida Umar, said…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

August 18, 2025