Top stories on #TheRoundUp today: 🇶🇦 Shura Council election date unveiled 🇵🇸 Deal ‘agreed’ to deliver Qatari aid to Gaza 🔴 Taliban says to form government framework ‘soon’ 🏊♂️ Team Qatar conquers GCC Aquatics Championships..
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Dubai expat volunteers for over 50,000 hours to empower the needy
Aishwarya Joshi has mobilised aid worth more than Dh950,000 per year in the UAE..
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Full Article: Dubai expat volunteers for over 50,000 hours to empower the needy
Don't hijack the Holocaust – editorial
The most important lesson we can take is the need to avoid helping, inadvertently, the battle over the truth of the Holocaust.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Don't hijack the Holocaust - editorial
Bennett to present Biden with plan to halt a nuclear Iran
The Biden administration is at odds with Israel over the best way to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Bennett to present Biden with plan to halt a nuclear Iran
COVID: What we know about the new Delta strain could lock Israel down
What do we know about AY3 and could it really be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and sends Israel into a lockdown?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: COVID: What we know about the new Delta strain could lock Israel down
Can what you eat save you from COVID-19? – analysis
“We have two epidemics: obesity and COVID-19,” said Dr. Mariela Glandt, a Harvard University and Columbia University-trained endocrinologist.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Can what you eat save you from COVID-19? - analysis
Egypt promotes yacht tourism after dip from COVID-pandemic
Egypt is promoting yacht tourism due to the economic returns it brings to the state, as the Delta variant picks up.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt promotes yacht tourism after dip from COVID-pandemic
Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Human Rights Watch report on conduct of war
Palestinian resistance factions dispute charge of "indiscriminate attacks" on Israeli civilians.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Human Rights Watch report on conduct of war
Turkish army on lookout for tunnels in northern Idlib
Turkish forces have been leading security campaigns on the border with Syria, where they were able to destroy a number of tunnels used to smuggle people from Syria into Turkey.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkish army on lookout for tunnels in northern Idlib
Kuwait approves transit of 5,000 Afghan evacuees from Kabul on their way to US
Kuwait will allow 5,000 Afghan nationals to transit through the country on their way to the US on evacuation flights after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Sunday. Washington has launched dozens of flights to Kabul to evacuate thousands of its citizens and Afghans who helped US-led forces in the last two decades who are hoping to flee the extremist group.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The move comes in “recognition of the strategic relations between the State of Kuwait and the United States of America,” KUNA quoted the foreign ministry as saying.The foreign ministry said the decision also aims to “enhance the existing cooperation between them and in continuation of the humanitarian role of the State of Kuwait, which calls for the importance of securing sage passage for diplomats and foreign nationals and the facilitation of evacuations from Afghanistan.”Kuwait joins the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, who have each agreed to also allow flights to transit through their countries. On Wednesday, the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation also said it was hosting Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and his family “on humanitarian grounds” after the leader fled the country as the Taliban gained control. Read more:UK PM Johnson to urge Biden to extend Afghanistan evacuation deadlineAfghanistan’s girls robotics team evacuated from Kabul after Taliban takeoverAfghan woman gives birth safely on US evacuation flight from Kabul: Statement
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Full Article: Kuwait approves transit of 5,000 Afghan evacuees from Kabul on their way to US