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Freedom offers cheaper roaming to all Canadians with new travel eSIM
MobileSyrup
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July 10, 2025
Freedom Mobile is expanding its roaming options with a new travel eSIM available not just to Freedom customers but to any Canadian who wants one. Freedom’s new roaming option, which it dubs the ‘Roam Beyond Travel Data eSIM,’ offers the carrier’s...
Cory Mills being evicted from ultra-luxurious DC penthouse after failing to pay $85k in rent
Daily Mail
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July 14, 2025
Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is getting evicted from his ultra-luxury penthouse apartment in Washington, D.C., after allegedly failing to pay rent for months. Mills, 45, has been staying at a swanky D.C. apartment building that overlooks...
No aid, no care: Iraq’s camps reel after US aid cut
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News The abrupt suspension of US foreign aid to Iraq in January 2025 has triggered the near-total collapse of humanitarian and psychological services in displacement camps across the Kurdistan Region and disputed territories, forcing...
Taliban launches warped Afghan TOURISM campaign with spoof vid of brutes posing beside ‘hostage’ in ISIS-style execution
The U.S. Sun
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July 10, 2025
A BIZARRE campaign has been launched to lure tourists to terrorist-infested Afghanistan - featuring a sick spoof hostage video. The slick, professionally produced 50-second promotional film starts with footage of a hooded man surrounded by armed...
Florida congressman evicted from penthouse over alleged unpaid rent
Daily Mail
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July 15, 2025
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 09:38 EDT, 15 July 2025 | Updated: 09:38 EDT, 15 July 2025 Advertisement Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is getting evicted from his ultra-luxury penthouse apartment...
DEM Party-led group departs Diyarbakır for PKK disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bianet
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July 10, 2025
A group of around 140 individuals, including members of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, intellectuals, rights advocates, and journalists, has departed from Diyarbakır to attend a symbolic disarmament ceremony by the Kurdistan...
Afghans invite US tourists to visit with bizarre video featuring a mock hostage EXECUTION and poking fun at their country's reputation for terrorism
Daily Mail
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July 10, 2025
An Afghan social media account has revealed a tourism pitch unlike any other in a bid to court Western travellers, reshape the nation's global image and revive its shattered economy. The slick marketing video, shared across social media by...
‘Iraq, But Funny’
Hyde Park Herald - Illinois
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The world premiere of Atra Asdou's “Iraq, But Funny” at Lookingglass Theatre Company lives up to its title — and then some. Directed by Dalia Ashurina and performed by five amazing actors, it's an often hilarious, often harrowing...
Tourist 'nearly sliced in two' after being hit by propeller during Bahamas holiday
Daily Star
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July 7, 2025
A holidaymaker was nearly bisected when he was struck by a boat's propeller while snorkelling. Father-of-two Brent Slough, from Prosper, Texas, was on a family holiday in the Bahamas when the incident occurred on June 30. After sustaining multiple...
Libya frees seven undocumented Iraqis after diplomatic push
Shafaq News
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2025-07-09T15:56:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tripoli/Baghdad/Erbil Libya released seven undocumented Iraqi migrants on Wednesday after more than two months of pressure from Iraq’s embassy in Tripoli. Ambassador Ahmed...
Tourist 'nearly sliced in two' by boat propeller in Bahamas holiday hit-and-run
The Mirror
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July 6, 2025
A tourist was nearly sliced in half when he was hit by the propeller of a boat as he was snorkelling. Dad-of-two Brent Slough, from Prosper, Texas, had been on a family vacation to the Bahamas when he was struck on June 30. He was taken in a...
Why regenerative tourism is the future of hospitality
Hospitality Net
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July 9, 2025
In this week’s episode of Hotel Moment, Aradhana Khowala, CEO of Aptamind Partners, joins Revinate CMO Karen Stephens with a sobering perspective on the state of hospitality and global tourism. Aradhana explains the ways hospitality has become...
Cultural heritage is a voice against hostile narratives, Iran tourism minister says
Tehran Times
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July 9, 2025
TEHRAN – In a press conference held on Tuesday afternoon, Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, along with his deputies, addressed the ministry’s role in shaping cultural resilience during the...
Over US$576.9 Million Invested in Kazakhstan’s Tourism Sector in Five Months
The Astana Times
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July 9, 2025
ASTANA – In just the first five months of 2025, over 300 billion tenge (US$576.9 million) has been invested in Kazakhstan’s tourism sector, Kazinform reported on July 9, citing the Kazakh Tourism national company. Turkistan. Photo credit:...
Letter: New travel bans don’t target worst offenders
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025
The Trump Administration recently announced a travel ban edict affecting future incoming visitors from 12 countries around the globe. The express reason for the new travel ban is national security, to protect Americans from the threat of global...
Iran eases visa rules for Pakistani Zaireen
Business Recorder
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July 15, 2025
TEHRAN: On the eve of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s visit to Tehran, Iran has issued new visa policy for Pakistani Zaireen. Mohsin Naqvi attended trilateral meeting between Iran, Iraq and Pakistan in Tehran to discuss the problems faced by the...
Iraqi provinces showcase distinctive Ashura rituals
Shafaq News
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2025-07-05T15:19:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Karbala/Babil Communities across Iraq continue to uphold distinctive rituals blending faith and cultural tradition as millions of pilgrims converge on Karbala to observe the...
What you need to know about Trump’s travel ban
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Donald Trump has banned people from 12 countries entering the US, in a move he said protects against "foreign terrorists" and other security threats. Some countries are subject to a full travel ban, while others are under a partial ban - with the...
WATCH: Tourists astonished as troops, helicopters and full might of Spanish Navy storm Malaga beach
Olive Press
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July 8, 2025
SUNBATHERS and tourists were treated to an unexpected spectacle yesterday as the Spanish Navy launched a full-scale amphibious landing exercise on Malaga’s La Malagueta beach. The exercise saw troops abseiling from helicopters and speedboats...
Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, Turkish media reports
Kathimerini
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS Youngsters hold a photograph of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the militant Kurdish group, or PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey earlier this year. [Metin Yoksu/AP] Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin...