WHY DID UK GOVERNMENT SECRETLY FLY THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS TO BRITAIN?

Wed 16 July 2025: Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in a data leak, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban after their return to power in Afghanistan. The data breach and relocation programme were made public on Tuesday after a […]

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NATO: BRAZIL, CHINA AND INDIA COULD BE HIT HARD BY SANCTIONS

Wed 16 July 2025: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that countries such as Brazil, China and India could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia. Rutte made the comment while meeting with senators in the U.S. Congress the day after President Donald Trump announced new weapons for […]

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PAKISTAN TO CREATE NEW PARAMILITARY FORCE AHEAD OF MORE PROTESTS BY IMRAN KHAN’S PARTY

Tue 15 July 2025: Pakistan said on Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. The move turns an existing paramilitary force deployed on Pakistan’s northwestern border with Afghanistan into a national security force that will […]

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NEARLY 70% OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS IN JAPAN FEAR NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE USED AGAIN: SURVEY

Mon 14 July 2025: Nearly 70% of atomic bomb survivors in Japan believe nuclear weapons could be used again, citing growing global tensions, including Russia’s war in Ukraine and North Korea’s weapons development, a survey by Kyodo News Agency revealed Sunday, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombings. Around 1,500 survivors took […]

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NORTH KOREA’S KIM OFFERS RUSSIA FULL SUPPORT ON UKRAINE IN LAVROV TALKS

Sun 13 July 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support for their war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang state media said Sunday. Lavrov’s visit to North Korea was the latest in a series of high-profile trips by top Moscow officials as both countries deepen military and political ties amid […]

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US DEMANDS CLARITY FROM ALLIES ON THEIR ROLE IN POTENTIAL WAR OVER TAIWAN, FT REPORTS

Sun 13 July 2025: The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the U.S. and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under-secretary of defense for policy, has been pushing the matter during recent talks with defense officials of […]

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MALAYSIA EX-PM MAHATHIR, 100, DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL

Sun 13 July 2025: Malaysian former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged from hospital, his office said on Sunday, after being admitted for fatigue following a picnic celebration for his 100th birthday. Mahathir, leader of the Southeast Asian nation for more than two decades, has a history of heart problems and has undergone bypass […]

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FUEL SWITCHES CUT OFF BEFORE AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH: PRELIMINARY REPORT

Sat 12 July 2025: A preliminary report into an Air India plane that crashed in western Gujarat state last month, killing 260 people, said Saturday that the aircraft’s engine fuel control switches transitioned to the “cut-off” position, moments before the disaster. The UK-bound plane slammed into a hostel of a local medical college, with one […]

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