Yearly Archives: 2025

Hamas releases bodies of Israeli hostages, including the Bibas family

Muhamad Yehia The Bibas family include a mother and two children whose whereabouts were widely speculated on. Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four deceased Israeli hostages, said to include the Bibas family — a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead. Militants displayed four …

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Braga’s full of food and history: Swap overcrowded Porto for Portugal’s new capital of culture

Muhamad Yehia The historic yet hip city of Braga offers Roman ruins, spiritual festivals and divine dining. Founded in Roman times as Bracara Augusta over two thousand years ago, Portugal’s oldest city has a little-known cultural offering. Historic Braga is fast becoming an arts epicentre, with their efforts rewarded by …

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Popular Portuguese resort town tells tourists to put their clothes on or face a fine

Muhamad Yehia Albufeira is the latest European city to propose new laws to stop tourists walking around without their clothes on. Visitors to Albufeira may soon need to cover up when they walk around the popular coastal city under a new tourist code of conduct proposed by the city council. …

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Fact check: Scholz did not call for German state of emergency over Russia-US peace talks

Muhamad Yehia Misleading claims targeting the German chancellor have been spreading online days before German voters head to the polls to elect a new government. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has not ordered a state of emergency in Germany over the US’s bilateral peace negotiations with Russia, despite the claim spreading …

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EU agrees new sanctions on Russia amid Donald Trump’s push for negotiations

Muhamad Yehia The agreement among ambassadors comes days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks its third anniversary. The European Union agreed on Wednesday to impose a fresh round of sanctions against Russia amid Donald Trump’s push for negotiations on Ukraine’s fate, which has cast doubt over the long-term viability of …

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Young Europeans face rising threat from misinformation as social media becomes main news source

Muhamad Yehia A growing number of young Europeans are turning to social media as their primary news source, with platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube surpassing traditional media outlets such as TV and print. It’s official: social media is now the number one news source for young people in the …

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Born abroad, living in the EU: How migration shapes the EU’s population

Muhamad Yehia The number of non-EU citizens living in the EU has grown by 2.3 million in 2023, with Ukrainian, Turkish, and Moroccan citizens representing the three largest groups. Around 44.7 million persons born outside the EU were living in a member state at the beginning of 2024. This number …

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?Macron, Costa, Meloni: Who should get Europe’s seat at the negotiating table

  Muhamad Yehia European countries are insisting there can be no discussions about peace in Ukraine without the direct involvement of Ukraine and Europe as talks between Washington and Moscow have started. European leaders clamouring for a seat at the negotiation table with Ukraine, Russia and the US have not …

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Mixed feelings of sadness and joy for family members of Israeli hostages ahead of next release

Muhamad Yehia After Hamas said it will release six living Israeli hostages and return four bodies, family members expressed both happiness and grief ahead of the release, while Palestinians in Gaza maintain hope that the ceasefire will hold. Family members of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas expressed …

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Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula

Muhamad Yehia Brazil’s prosecutor-general has filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Brazil’s prosecutor-general said Tuesday that former leader Jair Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula …

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