Fri 11 July 2025: Dozens of PKK terrorists handed over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long armed campaign against the Turkish state. PKK terrorists destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in mountainous Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, an AFP correspondent said. “PKK terrorists, four of whom were commanders, burned […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Sand and dust storms are escalating in intensity and frequency, threatening the health and livelihoods of hundreds of millions across the globe, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Airborne Dust Bulletin revealed that around 330 million people in more than 150 countries are affected by this airborne hazard […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Hundreds of families, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been displaced in recent operations, sparking fears over what critics call an undemocratic process and a lack of humane consideration. Hundreds of families, the majority of whom are Bengali-origin Muslims, have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Assam, India, following large-scale eviction drives […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: As army and armed groups clash, Indian nationals are taken ‘hostage’, raising concerns Mali’s crisis may resonate beyond the region. Sikasso, Mali – The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several […]
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Fri 11 July 2025: Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who was detained as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestine advocacy in the US, is seeking $20m “to help others similarly targeted”, his lawyers say. “He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy”, the […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that BRICS was not an anti-American group and that it will not listen to “language of threats and manipulation”. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened BRICS countries with additional 10% tariffs after calling the bloc “anti-American.” “BRICS is not an anti-American association. Nothing on the BRICS agenda contains an anti-American component,” Ryabkov […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Up to 6 million new HIV infections and 4 million AIDS-related deaths could occur between 2025 and 2029 if vital treatment and prevention services collapse amid a deepening global funding crisis, the UNAIDS warned Thursday. In its 2025 Global AIDS Update, the organization said abrupt and widespread cuts in international funding are dismantling HIV services in countries […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Officials say fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege are threatening to cut off electricity to al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals imminently. Two of Gaza’s largest hospitals have issued desperate pleas for help, warning that fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege could soon turn the medical centres into “silent graveyards”. The warnings from […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday again took aim at his onetime close ally US President Donald Trump over the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying his new America Party will focus on releasing files from the case. “How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he […]
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Thu 10 July 2025: – Washington is likely seeking to diversify metal and mineral imports by engaging with resource-rich African countries, says analyst Beverly Ochieng – African nations are leveraging geopolitical rivalries to maintain balanced partnerships, says expert US President Donald Trump is hosting leaders from five West African nations at the White House on […]
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