As the UN comes under fire for giving the Taliban a seat at the table while excluding women, Anna Coren updates us on the dire consequences of the Taliban’s misogyny, as suicide rates among girls surge.

Oppressed to death: Life under Taliban rule

The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honor at a time when the country is in the grip of humanitarian crises and isolated on the global stage. Hibatullah Akhundzada gave his warning in a sermon to mark...

Reclusive Taliban leader warns Afghans against earning money or gaining ‘worldly honor’

(ANALYSIS) In June, in the build-up to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, published his report on “The phenomenon of an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.”

The Taliban’s Treatment Of Women Should Shock The Conscience Of Humanity

Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.

A year ago, she drank battery acid to escape life under the Taliban. Today, she has a message for other Afghan girls

Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The early discharge sought by India of its nationals who were "misled" into serving in the Russian army is expected to be discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow next week, his foreign secretary said on Friday.

Modi to seek early discharge of Indians from Russian army in Moscow talks

KYIV (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a phone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said on Thursday. Zelenskiy was speaking at a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says China's Xi Told Him He Will Not Sell Any Weapons to Russia

The US Sun

SOUTH Korean troops opened fire after North Korean soldiers crossed the border, it emerged today amid escalating tensions. The rivals have been embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns like trash-filled balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts in recent days. Bloodshed and violent confrontations have occasionally occurred at the Koreas’ heavily fortified border, called the Demilitarized Zone. The brief intrusion […]

Gunfire breaks out on North Korean border after Kim Jong-un’s troops cross WW3 flashpoint frontier in major escalation

A man and a woman have been charged over the death of a three-year-old boy who was attacked by a dangerous dog. Daniel Twigg died after sustaining injuries from the dog on Tunshill Lane, Milnrow, Rochdale, on 15 May 2022. Mark Twigg, 42, of King Street, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, and...

Man and woman charged over boy's dog attack death

A transgender woman and darts player from Hull who has faced a wave of abuse and exclusion from competitions says she has been questioning her future within the game. Samantha Lewis's passion for darts runs deep, and the sport has spanned generations in her family. "Darts has been in my...

Transgender darts player shaken by abuse and bans

The very mention of Cyprus adds a new dimension to the Israel-Hamas conflict. It risks drawing a European Union nation into a war that has already spread across the Middle East and puts the spotlight on Cyprus’s ties with Israel.

Why Hezbollah is threatening this tiny European country

Two friends from Kent say they are traumatised after witnessing the death of a Romanian tourist during a mountain safari in Turkey. Faith O'Neill and Cheryl Morris, from Northfleet, near Gravesend, say they were offered no support after the incident on a tour in Alanya. Contstantin Butnarescu, 32, a Romanian...

Tourists traumatised after witnessing safari death

Mediaite

President Joe Biden took a swing at Donald Trump during Thursday's debate over the former president's criminal convictions on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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Trump Sheepishly Bows Head When Biden Says ‘The Only Person on This Stage Who’s a Convicted Felon Is the Man I’m Looking At’

BBC News, Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent. Having survived the night as Hurricane Beryl tore across her idyllic home of Union Island with ferocious force, Katrina Coy was taken aback by the extent of the devastation which lay before her. Virtually every building on the island, which lies off...

'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake

Parents of an 11-year-old girl who had to be put on dialysis after contracting E. coli from a supermarket sandwich have said they "want answers". The girl, from Merseyside, was in hospital for three weeks with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), which attacks the kidneys, after eating an own-brand sandwich from Asda supermarket, legal firm Fieldfisher said.

Girl, 11, 'needed dialysis after eating Asda sandwich'

We have all had those moments where we have impulse-bought something we probably shouldn’t have. Maybe it was that overpriced latte when we were already running late for work, or perhaps that unnecessary gadget that promised to revolutionize our lives but is now collecting dust in a drawer. But a $4000 bed? Now that’s what I call dreaming big.

‘We live and we learn, right?’: Woman faces jail time for buying $4,000 bed when she was 20 and forgetting to pay for it for years

Brahim Saadoun left Morocco to study in Ukraine in 2019 and when the Russians invaded in February 2022 he joined the Ukrainian army. He was captured by pro-Russian forces and sentenced to death for being a mercenary. In an agreement mediated by Saudi Arabia, Mr Saadoun was released in September 2022 and returned to Morocco.

The Moroccan man sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine

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A fight between passengers marred the final night of a Carnival Cruise Line sailing on June 6th. The incident, which unfolded in the Lido Deck dining room onboard the Carnival Paradise, involved a group of women and resulted in thrown chairs and plates.

Cruise Ship Fight Near Buffet Captured on Camera, Passengers Banned for Life

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Douglas, GA

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A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

The 17-year-old boy died in hospital after the incident at West Wittering beach, police say.

Boy, 17, dies during school trip to the beach

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the blaze broke out in Hereford.

Murder arrest after man dies in house fire

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Talks with the Taliban - no women allowed

Diplomats say the first talks with Afghanistan's rulers since they seized power were...

Talks with the Taliban - no women allowed

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