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‘Journalism in Afghanistan is bleeding to death,’ warns leading NGO

Christian Mihr, executive director of Reporters Without Borders, speaks during a press conference. Kay Nietfeld/dpa One year after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, many media outlets in the countries have been shut down, according to Reporters Without Borders

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Iran’s hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie’s attacker

(Reuters) – Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989. There was no official reaction yet

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14-year-old girl fatally struck by car in Petah Tikva

Liron Brami’s aunt says her niece, who recently moved away from the central Israeli city, was going to say goodbye to friends when she was hit; police report car ran red light

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John Fetterman Re-Emerges on the Campaign Trail After Stroke – The Daily Beast

John Fetterman Re-Emerges on the Campaign Trail After Stroke  The Daily Beast ‘So grateful to be here tonight’: John Fetterman returns to campaign trail after suffering stroke in May  CNN Fetterman makes closely watched return to Pennsylvania campaign trail  POLITICO John Fetterman returns

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Ukraine’s Russia-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – explained – NBC News

Ukraine’s Russia-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – explained  NBC News Ukraine and Russia trade blame over nuclear risk  CBS News August 12, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news  CNN Opinion | A disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant  The Washington Post U.N. calls for

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Rival rallies in Iraq underscore inter-Shiite power struggle

Supporters of Iran-backed factions hold protest in Baghdad to denounce followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, as jockeying for power has left country in political limbo

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The suspect in the killings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico left a trail of violence

The lengthy pattern of violence — which began not long after Muhammad Syed arrived in the U.S. in 2016 — has shocked members of Albuquerque’s small, close-knit Muslim community. (Image credit: Adolphe Pierre-Louis/AP)

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Iran media hails stabbing of ‘apostate’ Salman Rushdie, praises assailant

News outlet says attack on author, who is now on a ventilator, sends message to US officials ‘that they must fear revenge’ for killing of top Iranian general Soleimani

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In Ukraine, Jewish charity buys 40 electric cars as fuel crisis hinders aid delivery

As costs of food, medicine and gasoline rise along with the number of recipients who require them, humanitarian groups maximize efficiency ahead of what they see as a long haul

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The U.S. in July set a new record for overnight warmth

The average low temperature for the lower 48 states in July was 63.6 F. It’s not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, a NOAA climatologist said. (Image credit: Andres

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