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International News Briefs for Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Havana Times
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July 9, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Netanyahu and Trump Meet at the White House for Second Day Amid Gaza Ceasefire Talks Jul 09, 2025 Image Credit: X/@WhiteHouse...
International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders
Breitbart
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July 9, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two arrest warrants for the “supreme leader” of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the terrorists’ top judge Abdul Hakim Haqqani on Tuesday in response to the Taliban’s systematic abuse and...
Where are the Liberals When Iran Mass-Deports Millions of Afghans?
The European Conservative
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July 9, 2025
According to reports from human rights groups, Iran is using the post-war chaos in the country to deport the Afghan minority. Afghans have long been persecuted in Iran, and the government feels now is the time to move them across the border....
Russia seizes the initiative in Central Asia with bold Afghan move
Sacramento Sun - California
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By recognizing Afghanistan, Moscow confirms its central role in Eurasia Russia's recent decision to officially recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan marks a pivotal moment in regional diplomacy. It not only breaks the diplomatic blockade...
Relations between Central Asia’s nations and Afghanistan are warming
Asia Plus
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15:07, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Eurasianet reports that relations between the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan are warming as plans move ahead for new rail links, increased trade and creating opportunities for ordinary Afghans. The...
Cruelty, trauma: Exhausted Afghans return from Iran in pain
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 9, 2025
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): As the deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran intensifies, thousands of exhausted returnees are arriving back in Afghanistan — bringing with them heartbreaking stories of pain, suffering, and unspoken hardship. Alongside...
6-year-old Afghan girl forced to marry 45-year-old. Taliban said 'wait till she turns 9' to take her home
The Indian Express
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July 9, 2025
A 45-year-old man has married a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. US-based Afghan outlet Amu.tv reported that the Taliban were “horrified” by the image and stopped the man from taking the child home. Instead, they reportedly...
Half a million illegal Afghans deported from Iran
Iran Front Page
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July 9, 2025
Amiri however noted that there are no legal grounds for deporting Afghan children without their parents. “I have not seen any such case, and if it has happened; it is not legal and must be reported so we can investigate”, he said. The MP also...
To study in the U.S., international students scrub their accounts
News India Times
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July 9, 2025
Students walking in Harvard Yard. PHOTO: Grace DuVal @news.harvard.edu Students from around the world who hope to study in the United States are winding down much of their online activity, unfollowing celebrities and politicians, asking friends...
My Take 5 (Edition 48): China’s stand on Ukraine war; Beijing’s help to Pakistan- The week that was in international affairs
The Times of India
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July 9, 2025
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly round-up of top international news. For this edition we again focus on the war in Ukraine, China’s stand on that conflict as revealed by its foreign minister Wang Yi, Beijing’s help to...
From Kabul to the catwalk – the surprising global history behind fashion’s fur revival
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
The winter season of 2024-25 marked a resurgence of fur clothing – both faux and real – in fashion across Europe and North America. Shearling jackets and embroidered “Penny Lane coats” featured widely in reports on the latest fashion trends....
The Epstein Story Isn't Political Or Amusing -- It's Utterly Tragic
National Memo
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July 9, 2025
Well, another day of dancing on the damaged desktops of right-wing media figures over their freakout about the collapse of the Jeffrey Epstein files story. Conservative and liberal columnists alike are having a field day excavating podcast...
Canadian troops among 3 men charged in "anti-government militia" plot
CBS News
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Toronto — Canadian police have filed charges against three men, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who stand accused of an alleged extremist plot to build anti-government militias and a massive stockpile of weapons, the...
Feature: Afghan hand-woven carpets weave success in China's expanding market
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, July 9 (Xinhua) -- At the 9th China-South Asia Expo held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Afghan hand-woven carpets drew widespread attention for their vivid colors, intricate patterns, and refined craftsmanship....
International outlaws: ICC issues warrants for Taliban over persecution of women, girls
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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Malala Yousafzai, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner, poses for a photograph following an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 5, 2023. Yousafzai has urged the world to recognize the "gender apartheid" against...
Massive blow for Afghan Taliban as International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant against top Taliban leaders due to...., leaders are...
India.com
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July 9, 2025
Home News Massive blow for Afghan Taliban as International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant against top Taliban leaders due to…., leaders are… The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against the Taliban's supreme...
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leader and chief justice
Irish Legal News
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani. Judges yesterday said there were reasonable grounds to suspect both men have...
Afghanistan on brink of emergency as mass deportations accelerate, UN Warns
Ariana News
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July 9, 2025
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has issued a stark warning that the country faces a rapidly unfolding humanitarian emergency due to a dramatic increase in the forced return of Afghan migrants from neighboring...
Afghanistan’s ICC umpire Jan Shinwari dies at 41
Gulf News
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International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Jay Shah expressed deep sorrow at Shinwari’s passing. “Bismillah was a prominent umpire respected by players, peers, and officials alike. He was a regular on the international circuit and had a long...
Fact check: Is Iran ‘summarily expelling’ Afghan refugees, as claimed by ex-US envoy?
Press TV
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By Press TV Staff Writer In a post on X on Tuesday, former US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad claimed that thousands of Afghan refugees are being “summarily expelled” by the Iranian government. Afghans, he claimed, are “being picked...