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National Consumer & Business Briefs
Nassau County authorities charged two alleged Long Island “ghost pharmacies” accused of billing $8 million ($5 million paid) for unissued HIV and cancer medications and formed the multi-agency PHANTOM Task Force, while across the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey, Faro Kitchen opened in Fort Lee and 1976-founded delicatessen The Kosher Nosh expanded to 172 Piermont Road in Cresskill.
3 min readNorth & East Africa Security
The United Nations’ 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) ceased operations on Nov. 1, 2026, following a U.S.-Russia Security Council standoff over the $62 million, 534-personnel force, while drone strikes on 15 electrical substations in Sudan since early October have left the 1,250-megawatt Merowe Dam supplying more than 70% of the country’s electricity.
3 min readMiddle East Politics & Diplomacy
Israeli Elections Committee head Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, the attorney general, and the Shin Bet chief affirmed Sunday that last week’s Knesset vote will stand ahead of Wednesday coalition consultations with President Isaac Herzog, while UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash told the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that Gulf states hope Qatar-hosted talks can avert a new U.S.-Iran confrontation.
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