Iraq War vet running for US Senate says he won’t mourn Dick Cheney

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 surrounded by his family following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Left-wing U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner indicated that...

Arabian Jasmine

Also known as: Jasminum sambac Family: Oleaceae (The Olive group of plants. I kid you not!) Origin: Though its name implies otherwise, it originated in India, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. “Let’s see, it’s strikingly beautiful, has a...

Turkmenistan to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Afghanistan

The Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Care will send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which was devastated by the recent earthquakes. The proposal was announced at a meeting of the Foundation on...

Iran: Conditional release of French education unionists brings great relief, but concerns remain for Iranian teacher trade unionists in jail

After 1,277 days of weaponised detention, French teacher trade unionists Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are now safe within the French embassy in Tehran. While news of their conditional release was received with great joy by Education...

Turkey’s LGBTQ community warns of existential threat in bill policing biological sex

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Florence, a drag queen and DJ, has a warning before taking to the stage in an Istanbul nightclub: if Turkey passes a new law policing biological sex and morality, it will “threaten our very existence.” Discussing the...

Health Ministry reports one killed, three wounded in Israeli strike on Toura in Tyre

Israel accused of blocking thousands of truckloads of Gaza aid month after Trump’s ceasefire began

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas

Israeli authorities have confirmed that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student. The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains were identified as those of...

Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as those of a Tanzanian student

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023 in the Hamas-led attack that started the...

Türkiye detains 179 suspects in nationwide crackdown on counterfeit alcohol

ISTANBUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities detained 179 suspects in a major nationwide crackdown on illegal and counterfeit alcohol, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Thursday. In a statement on the social media platform X, Yerlikaya...

DLMDD launches scent and sound branding in the Middle East

Multisensory branding has arrived in the Middle East, with the pairing of scent alongside sound to strengthen emotional recall. UK-based sonic branding agency DLMDD is among the first to test the idea locally, unveiling a scent-and-sound offering...

Youth lead the charge for health for all: Highlights from the 2025 UHC Day Youth Workshop

On 4 November 2025, more than 380 young people from around the world logged on for the UHC Day Youth Capacity-Building Workshop – a lively, one-hour virtual event that equipped youth with practical tools and inspiration to drive action for health...

Türkiye prepares research and development roadmaps for innovation

ANKARA Türkiye is preparing roadmaps for research and development (R&D), innovation platforms and research infrastructures in critical areas to establish an effective science, tech and innovation ecosystem in the country, in line with the 2026...

How the UAE became a hospitality heavyweight

My first experience of the Middle East came in 2002, when I spent a short time in Beirut. The city had a thriving nightlife and flair bartending culture, but outside Lebanon, little was known about it. This was before social media, when...

‘Antisemitism Has Been Popularized’: Ex-Envoy Michael Oren Says Mamdani Win Resets Israel–NYC Ties

Israel’s former ambassador to Washington tells The Media Line Mamdani’s election is a watershed that could strain bipartisan US-Israel relations and unsettle New York’s Jewish community Israel’s former ambassador to Washington tells The Media Line...

Singapore cannot alter course of Israel-Hamas war, but can help in tangible ways: Vivian Balakrishnan

TEL AVIV: Singapore cannot alter the trajectory of the war between Israel and Hamas, or reshape the Middle East's geopolitical landscape, but it can help in ways that are far from just symbolic, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan....

Purpose Brands takes Anytime Fitness to Saudi Arabia

Purpose Brands has announced the signing of a master franchise agreement with ABFit to take Anytime Fitness to Saudi Arabia.Hot on the heels of launching its first club in Dubai the first Anytime Fitness gym will open in Riyadh next spring,...

Despite vow to protect health care for veterans, VA losing doctors and nurses

Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. By Marcus Baram for Capital & Main “Our staffing in the ER is beyond dire now,” said Heather Fallon, a nurse in the...

Acceptance Scale for Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques in Cancer Patients: Development and Validation

Introduction With medical advances, the survival rate of cancer patients has been significantly improved.1 However, patients often face adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting, cancer pain, fatigue, insomnia, etc., during treatment and...

Implementation and Evaluation of a Real-Time Prescription Alert System to Optimize Antiretroviral Therapy and Medication Adherence in People Living with HIV. SANPAT PROJECT

Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has undergone a radical transformation over the past decades.1 While initially associated with high morbidity and mortality, the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has enabled it...