Tue 08 July 2025: Kenya saw at least 10 fatalities and 29 people injured during nationwide Saba Saba demonstrations. the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said Monday. The watchdog group documented two abduction cases as well as 37 arrests across 17 counties, it said in a statement. The group said looting was reported in […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will hold talks with Iran. “We have scheduled Iran talks, and they want to talk,” Trump told reporters along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. “They’ve requested a meeting…and if we can put something down on paper, […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: Technology companies, which are the most valuable firms in the world, laid off a total of 72,000 workers in the first six months of the year, according to data from Layoffs.fyi website, compiled by Anadolu. Layoffs have been slowing down since 2023, as the data showed that some 213,000 workers lost […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: Pakistan’s military chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir slammed “insinuations” regarding “external support” during the recent “purely bilateral” conflict with India, after an Indian general said the country had more than one adversary in the fighting. “Insinuations regarding external support in Pakistan’s successful Operation Bunyanum Marsoos are irresponsible and factually incorrect,” […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: At least 41 people still missing as officials face questions about why warnings did not reach hard-hit Kerr County. The death toll from the catastrophic floods that hit the state of Texas in the United States has risen to 82, as the search for the missing continues and officials face questions […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: Russia’s former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit shot himself dead in Odintsovo following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin on July 7, the pro-government newspaper Izvestia reported, citing unnamed sources. Starovoit’s ouster came after nearly 500 flights were grounded at major Russian airports on July 5–6 due to security threats from Ukrainian drone attacks. The following […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has been linked to a project widely condemned for proposing the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, involving a sweeping postwar redevelopment of the besieged Strip. Plans include a “Trump Riviera” and infrastructure named after wealthy Gulf monarchs, according to documents reviewed by the Financial Times (FT) and […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies. This new measure, introduced in the past few months across ten regions, is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy, widening the policy adopted in March 2025 which only applied to […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: Mass demonstrations are expected on the anniversary of Kenya’s pro-democracy demonstrations of July 7, 1990, which challenged then-President Daniel Moi’s one-party rule Kenyan government has dismissed claims of police brutality as exaggerated, saying steps taken by authorities were necessary for national security and preventing the spread of ‘incendiary content’ Analysts warn […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: Afghans given Sunday deadline amid concerns over security after conflict with Israel, but humanitarian groups warn that mass deportations could further destabilise Afghanistan. Millions of Afghan migrants and refugees in Iran have been asked to leave or face arrest as a deadline set by the government comes to an end. Sunday’s […]
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