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ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Sunday told the West to look past the measures they have imposed on Afghan women and girls for the sake of improving foreign relations. Their chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the Taliban uphold certain religious and cultural values and public aspirations that “must be acknowledged” to facilitate progressive bilateral relations rather than encountering disputes and stagnation.

The Taliban tell the West to look past harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls and build ties

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

The author, an Afghan legal scholar, argues that the UN must act according to its fundamental principles and hold the Taliban accountable for their institutionalized crimes against women and girls... Afghan women vow to tirelessly work until the Taliban are held accountable for gender apartheid in Afghanistan. In a step...

Holding the Taliban Accountable: A Global Call for Justice

The Independent

 The Labour government has used flights scheduled to deport migrants under the Tories’ scrapped Rwanda scheme to return failed asylum seekers to Vietnam and Timor-Leste. The Home Office has announced that a charter flight took 46 migrants to the Asian countries on Wednesday. Home secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs this week that flight planning for the scrapped Rwanda deportation scheme would be redirected to deport criminals and immigration offenders. She said: “We have immediately replaced the flight planning for Rwanda with actual flights to return people who have no right to stay to their home countries instead.”Wednesday’s flight is...

Rwanda scheme charter flight used to deport migrants to Vietnam and Timor-Leste

In this piece, the authors, Annie Pforzheimer, a former U.S. diplomat who served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan; and Jason Howk is a former U.S. military officer who is the Director of the Global Friends of Afghanistan, who has focused since 2002 on counterterrorism, defence, and intelligence matters. The authors present a comprehensive analysis of a recent UN report on sanctions against the Taliban, highlighting Afghanistan’s troubling status as a hub for terrorism. Internationally, the authors stress that the Taliban’s appointments of sanctioned individuals to senior roles and unauthorised travel by these individuals undermine the UN sanctions regime. The authors argue against concerns that stricter sanctions could hinder humanitarian aid or counter-ISIS-K efforts.

Taliban’s Supreme Leader Belongs on the UN Terrorist List

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The State Department on Wednesday barred a former Israeli Defense Forces sergeant from traveling to the United States, accusing him of being involved in the extrajudicial killing of a Palestinian in the West Bank.

US hits former Israeli military sergeant with visa restrictions

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly elected president said his government will create “balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.”. Masoud Pezeshkian...

Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns US his country won’t be pressured

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People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

Namibian Michelle Nehoya has spent nearly $500 (£390) on the application process for a visa to visit Canada - but almost two years later it has yet to materialise. The 38-year-old, who lives in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, is desperate to get to Quebec to see her aunt and cousins whom she has not seen for almost a decade.

Namibia turns the visa tables on Western nations

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Thursday in Sweden’s favor that two cases of refusing to grant permanent residency to the families of an Eritrean and Ethiopian nationals respectively with refugee status did not constitute a violation of the right to family life and the right to be free from discrimination.

European Court upholds Sweden’s refusal to grant refugees families residency status

Ethiopian Airlines has been banned from flying to neighbouring Eritrea after the carrier – the largest and most successful airline in Africa – was accused of allowing organised theft and ‘pilferage’ from passengers’ luggage. On Wednesday, Ethiopian Airlines confirmed that it had received an official...

Ethiopian Airlines Barred From Flying to Neighbouring Eritrea Over Allegations of Theft From Passenger Baggage

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A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Teen arrested for kidnapping and molestation after Athens hit-and-runs

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The family of a Portuguese-Belgian aid worker detained in the Central African Republic for allegedly being in touch with armed groups to plot a coup maintained his innocence and called for his release Tuesday, even as the African government said it had evidence to support its accusations.

Family of aid worker detained in Central African Republic for alleged rebel contacts urge release

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

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Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

 A German court has ruled that there is no longer a general danger to all civilians from the long-running conflict in Syria, rejecting a claim to protected status by a Syrian man who had been convicted in Austria for involvement in smuggling people into Europe.The ruling by the top administrative court of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany's most populous, was announced Monday. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said Tuesday it was “a decision that one can understand, if one assumes that there are now regions in this country that are very dangerous but also other areas where there isn't necessary a...

German court rules in migration case that there's no general danger now to all civilians in Syria

The camp, situated on a farm, was raided and 95 Libyans have been taken into custody, police say.

S Africa police arrest Libyans at 'illegal' military camp

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Pakistan extends registration cards for Afghanistan refugees amid rising deportations

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan announced on Thursday the extension of Proof of Registration (PoR) cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan for another...

Pakistan extends registration cards for Afghanistan refugees amid rising deportations

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