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France Struggles With Afghan Migration as Report Highlights Cultural Shocks, Crime, And Integration Failures

France Struggles With Afghan Migration as Report Highlights Cultural Shocks, Crime, And Integration Failures

A confidential report by a senior French immigration official has warned that Afghan migration to France is posing deep and growing challenges to the country’s ability to integrate newcomers, raising serious concerns over cultural incompatibility,...

Tourism spending in the Middle East is projected to reach US$350 billion by 2030, according to a new travel industry report

Tourism spending in the Middle East is projected to reach US$350 billion by 2030, according to a new travel industry report

A new report compiled by Tourism Economics on behalf of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) predicts that by 2030, total tourism spend in the Middle East will be 50% higher than in 2024, generating expenditure of nearly US$350 billion. The ATM Travel...

Meet the tribal guides sharing Dhofar’s culture with the world

Meet the tribal guides sharing Dhofar’s culture with the world

Nestled in the southernmost corner of Oman, Dhofar offers a striking contrast to the arid, sun-baked landscapes commonly associated with the Arabian Peninsula. During the summer months, as the khareef (monsoon season) sweeps across the region, the...

Moxy Hotels debuts in Turkey with the opening of Moxy Istanbul Beyoğlu

Moxy Hotels debuts in Turkey with the opening of Moxy Istanbul Beyoğlu

Moxy Hotels debuts in Turkey with Moxy Istanbul Beyoğlu, offering playful design, modern amenities, and vibrant social spaces in Istanbul’s cultural heart. Moxy Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of over 30 extraordinary hotel brands,...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Egypt Presents Credentials to Arab League Chief in Cairo

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Egypt Presents Credentials to Arab League Chief in Cairo

Wed 04 Jun 2025 | 02:29 PM Pakistan’s Ambassador to Egypt, Aamir Shouket, formally presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, at the League’s Secretariat in Cairo today. The meeting underscored...

Ancient Arabians used psychoactive herbs to heal and protect

Ancient Arabians used psychoactive herbs to heal and protect

It started with a single clay device found at an old settlement in northwestern Saudi Arabia that contained a small residue – hinting at a plant that might reveal medical or sensory secrets. Scientists soon identified a psychoactive herb that...

French Report Warns of Integration Failures as Afghan Migration Surges Past 100,000

French Report Warns of Integration Failures as Afghan Migration Surges Past 100,000

A confidential memo reveals cultural disconnects, gender imbalance, and crime concerns tied to Afghan migration in France. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom France is facing mounting integration challenges linked to a sharp rise in Afghan migration,...

Thou shalt protect Israel: The West's first and only commandment

Thou shalt protect Israel: The West's first and only commandment

Even if you don’t particularly care about Palestine personally, you will not escape the consequences of this new might equals right world, argues Daniel Lindley [photo credit: Getty Images] As I sit down to write this article, I’m reading the...

Greek MEP Urges EU to Reconsider €4 Billion Aid to Egypt Over Sinai Monastery Dispute

Greek MEP Urges EU to Reconsider €4 Billion Aid to Egypt Over Sinai Monastery Dispute

Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nikolas Farantouris is calling for the re-examination of a 4-billion-euro EU funding package to Egypt, following developments that threaten the status and operation of the historic St. Catherine’s...

Mapping Israel’s expanding air attacks across Syria

Mapping Israel’s expanding air attacks across Syria

Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria since December 2024, averaging one every three to four days. The Israeli military says it shelled targets in Syria in response to a pair of projectiles that fell in open areas in the...

Ezekiel’s final vision: God’s plan to solve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Ezekiel’s final vision: God’s plan to solve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Illustration: Jews and Muslims attend a special prayer at the Gush Etzion junction, August 2, 2015. (Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90) Constant tension, bloody wars, and failed negotiation attempts characterize the relationship between Jews and Arabs in...

Stopping the Houthis For Good Means Stopping Israeli Aggression

Stopping the Houthis For Good Means Stopping Israeli Aggression

Fat lot of good that did… Occasionally, US President Donald Trump’s instincts may be right. Last month, he declared victory in ending a bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis that originally had been planned as a six-month-or-more intensive...

Here Is Exactly Why Israel’s War Against Hamas Is Legal — and Required — By International Law

Here Is Exactly Why Israel’s War Against Hamas Is Legal — and Required — By International Law

Israel has always had to navigate “new waves.” Today, however, separate but force-multiplying “seas” of jihadi terrorism and Iranian nuclearization define an existential threat. To confront this, Jerusalem’s strategic decision-makers will need to...

Summery New Historical Fiction for June

Summery New Historical Fiction for June

Past Tense Jam-pack your summer reading with these great new historical fiction books coming out in June. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel is a writer from...

Norway lawmakers oppose blanket ban by wealth fund on companies in Israeli-occupied areas

Norway lawmakers oppose blanket ban by wealth fund on companies in Israeli-occupied areas

‹‹ 1 of 4 FILE PHOTO: A view of new buildings around the Israeli settlement Talmon B near the Palestinian town of Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman/File Photo 2 of 4...

Miraval Resorts & Spas unveils luxury residences on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast

Miraval Resorts & Spas unveils luxury residences on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast

Miraval launches its first international residences in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea, offering luxury beach villas focused on wellbeing, mindfulness, and regenerative living. CHICAGO – Miraval Resorts & Spas, an industry leader and pioneer in...

Garabagh University to host 7th Turkology Summer School of Turkic States

Garabagh University to host 7th Turkology Summer School of Turkic States

The 7th Turkology Summer School of the Turkic States, co-organized by Garabagh University, the International Turkic Academy, and the Turkish Academy of Sciences with the support of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Science and Education, will be held in...

Public figures in Germany call on government to take clear stance against Israel

Public figures in Germany call on government to take clear stance against Israel

Individuals from academia, culture, and civil society called on the German government to take a clear stance against Israel’s “disproportionate conduct of war” in the open letter addressed to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Vice Chancellor Lars...

UN adopts Resolution on Rights of IDPs and Refugees from Occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region

UN adopts Resolution on Rights of IDPs and Refugees from Occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region

In New York, during its 79th session, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution initiated by Georgia alongside 63 countries from various regions worldwide—titled “On the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from...

Pakistan sees exodus of 200,000 Afghans since crackdown began

Pakistan sees exodus of 200,000 Afghans since crackdown began

More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since the government renewed a deportation drive in April, with Iran also stepping up expulsions of Afghans. Generations of Afghans have fled to neighbouring Pakistan and Iran during decades of...

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