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A Pakistan court blocked on Friday (September 18, 2026) an order by the country’s medical board for dozens of Afghans studying to be doctors to be expelled from colleges and universities and sent home. “The Lahore High Court has extended the stay order preventing the expulsion of over a hundred Afghan medical students from medical…
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Yemeni refugees wait to receive food aid at Markazi refugee camp in Obock, Djibouti. File | Photo Credit: AP At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country’s west coast amid a renewed conflict, while nearly 3,000 have fled by sea to Djibouti, the…
“Some 1,004 cases of sexual violence were documented from February 24, 2022, when Russia’s attack on Ukraine began, through to the end of July this year,” the UN agency said in a report. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of civilians and prisoners have been subjected to sexual violence and torture — overwhelmingly…
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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday (September 18, 2026) in a government-organised show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran’s government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as…
Families and relatives of miners who were arrested on suspicion of illegal mining wait outside a hospital where their bodies are stored in Minna, Nigeria, September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Police in Nigeria fired tear gas at dozens of people who gathered Friday (September 18, 2026) to protest the deaths of 37 miners…
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Russians on Friday (September 18, 2026) began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. Authorities spread the election over the weekend, ending Sunday (September 20, 2026), in a bid to boost turnout among the 111…
General view of Aramco’s oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil company Saudi Aramco has told at least two European refining customers they will receive no crude oil next month following an attack on Saudi Arabia’s key pipeline to the Red Sea, Bloomberg News reported on Friday…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Nepal Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle, in New Delhi on Friday, September 18, 2026. Photo credit: X/SJaishankar via ANI Nepal’s reconstruction plans post-floods and the “reset” of India-Nepal ties with the newly elected government were at the top of the agenda as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Nepal’s…
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President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 17, 2026, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP The White House said Thursday (September 18, 2026) that it was withdrawing its nomination of Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ensuring…
India and Bhutan reviewed all aspects of bilateral ties and commended progress in development cooperation during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the country. Mr. Jaishankar arrived in Bhutan on Wednesday (September 18, 2026) on a two-day official visit aiming to further strengthen the bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries. During the…
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