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Land sold for Kushner-backed Albania resort suspected of forged deeds

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  Albania’s anticorruption prosecution service is investigating whether the deeds to a stretch of protected coastline earmarked for a Jared Kushner-backed resort were forged, according to case files reviewed by the Reuters news agency, adding another legal complication to a project that has already provoked months of street protests. The files, compiled by the Special Structure Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK), name Artur Shehu, a Miami-based businessman, as the seller who transferred the land to Albania Land Development, the entity behind the Kushner-linked scheme, in April. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Albanian protesters rally against Kushner-backed resort in protected area list 2 of 3 Violent clashes as Albania’s anti-government protests continue list 3 of 3 Albanian court frees protesters who rallied against Kushner-linked resort end of list Prosecutors allege Shehu and his associates funnelled proceeds from cocaine trafficking into Albanian p...
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Hospital workers wounded in Israeli drone attack on Gaza’s Kamal Adwan

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  An Israeli drone attack on a hospital in northern Gaza injured staff members, despite a “ ceasefire ” being in place, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The attack on Friday was at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya. At least three people were hurt in the courtyard and three others nearby, medical sources said. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Gaza mourns aid worker killed by Israel who helped them see the World Cup list 2 of 3 The search for Gaza’s missing brings heartbreak and closure for loved ones list 3 of 3 Israel bans Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week end of list The Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said three “civilians” were wounded in the courtyard and three “maintenance workers” in the vicinity. The attack happened despite the facility being in the so-called Green Zone, an area under Israeli control. The ministry condemned the attack, describing it as part of Israel’s “systematic targeting of health facilities”. It war...
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The US is building a new pressure architecture against Iran

  Was Trump’s presence at the NATO summit in Turkiye, amid escalating anti-Iranian rhetoric and orders to attack Iran, simply participation in a diplomatic meeting on European security? This question is of paramount importance because recent developments cannot be understood at the surface level alone. At a deeper level, Trump’s presence signals a recalibration of the United States’s strategic calculations regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran and the “axis of resistance”. This recalibration is based on the premise that direct military, political and economic pressure, despite imposing costs, has failed to produce the desired shift in Iran’s behaviour, power configuration or strategic orientation. Accordingly, Washington is gradually moving from a paradigm of direct pressure to a hybrid and multilayered model, in which domestic pressure, the transformation of Iran’s peripheral environment, extra-regional coalition-building and the simultaneous reorganisation of regional dossiers f...
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