BP profit more than doubles as Middle East conflict boosts oil prices

British energy giant BP said on Tuesday that its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter as the Middle East war roiled oil and gas markets.

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Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers

Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa's plan to use the global shift towards green energy ​to revive its economy, but now it faces a challenge from thousands of angry farmers who fear losing productive land to open-pit mines.

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How Israel armed the United Arab Emirates

Just weeks after Iran's proxy struck Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal the...

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Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom

Exclusive: More than 60 accounts on X have been made unavailable in Saudi Arabia, after similar action on Snapchat and Facebook Elon Musk’s X has become the latest major US social media company to block the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders from Saudi authorities. Earlier this year, the Guardian reported that platforms including Snapchat and Meta’s Facebook and Instagram had blocked dissidents’ accounts over allegations by Saudi authorities that they were violating local law. Continue reading...

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Jerusalem’s most important religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, warns Jordan

Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’ * Middle East crisis live – latest updates Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab and Islamic world over what it says is an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the most important religious site in Jerusalem, with the potential to “trigger a religious conflict”. The meeting on Wednesday – and the Jordanian warning – follow an escalating pattern of government-backed incursions by Jewish religious extremists on the compound around the al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock, in violation of a status quo treaty overseen by Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy, by which only Muslims can pray at the site. Continue reading...

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What Abdul El-Sayed Told Me in 2018

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Ahmed Eldin (@ahmedeldin)

Yesterday I wrote about reports that the US and Israel are preparing to hit Iran’s electricity grid, a move that would cut power to more than 10 million people in and around Tehran. Today those repo...

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Emirates NBD Bank to acquire retail banking business of HSBC Egypt

Emirates NBD said on Sunday that its fully-owned subsidiary in ​Egypt had entered into a definitive ‌agreement to acquire the retail banking business of HSBC Egypt.

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Ahmed Eldin (@ahmedeldin)

Yesterday I wrote about reports that the US and Israel are preparing to hit Iran’s electricity grid, a move that would cut power to more than 10 million people in and around Tehran. Today those repo...

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Trump Admits The Campaign To Gut The ICC Is About Protecting BiBi

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U.S. and Israel Are Preparing to Black Out Tehran This Weekend

International law already has a name for it, collective punishment, the same thing Israel did when it cut off Gaza's power.

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What Abdul El-Sayed Told Me in 2018

YouTube video by Ahmed Eldin | Out Loud

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The Candidates Who Could Stop Trump From Stealing The Next Presidential Election

Trump has already shown why these races matter by continuing to interfere in them.

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Ceuta situation returns to normal as death toll climbs to 67

Under the watch of Spanish soldiers and police, the last remaining young migrants continued crossing back over the border to Morocco on Saturday morning.

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U.S. and Israel Are Preparing to Black Out Tehran This Weekend

International law already has a name for it, collective punishment, the same thing Israel did when it cut off Gaza's power.

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Trump Admits The Campaign To Gut The ICC Is About Protecting BiBi

YouTube video by Ahmed Eldin | Out Loud

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Egypt says drone caused fire on two vessels at Damietta Port | The National

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Egypt says drone attack sparked fire on American LNG ships

<article data-history-node-id="445214" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/egypt-says-drone-attack-sparked-fire-american-lng-ships" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/egypt-says-drone-attack-sparked-fire-american-lng-ships" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Egypt says drone attack sparked fire on American LNG ships</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Egypt has attributed a fire that damaged two vessels at the Mediterranean port of Damietta to a drone attack, marking its first official account of Wednesday’s incident.</p> <p>The Egyptian cabinet said preliminary findings showed that a drone caused the July 29 blaze. No group has taken responsibility.</p> <p>Authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the attack, citing the need to defend Egypt’s national security and interests.</p> <p>Maritime security company Ambrey said the drone struck a US-owned floating gas storage tanker before flames spread to a second vessel. Officials reported no casualties.</p> <p>Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry had previously confirmed the fire but did not identify its cause.</p> <p>The attack has raised fears that the regional war could spread further after Iran targeted US-linked interests in several countries.</p> <p>If confirmed as part of the wider conflict, it would represent the first attack of its kind on Egyptian territory since the war began.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Trump says will hit Iran hard after attack, was briefed on Egypt tanker

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States ​would hit Iran very hard after an attack on ‌the U.S. military in Jordan.

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Gas tanker explosion at Egyptian port reportedly Iranian drone attack | The Jerusalem Post

On Wednesday, maritime security firm Ambrey said that a drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at the port of Damietta.

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Protester targeted by DOJ over phone-wiping ‘duress’ passcode

A security-focused mobile operating system, GrapheneOS, allows users to wipe their device with a “duress” passcode

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Incident OpenAI : les modèles d’IA ont fait intrusion sur quatre autres plateformes qu’Hugging Face

Cet incident a donné un écho supplémentaire au débat, déjà nourri, sur l’accélération de l’IA, aux capacités de plus en plus étendues, et sur la difficulté de la contrôler.

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How Israel uses settler-soldier terror to colonise the West Bank

Settler attacks are not isolated incidents. They are all part of a strategy to grab land and colonise.

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