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‘Qatari and Egyptian teams working to reach Gaza negotiation framework’
The Peninsula
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July 9, 2025
Doha: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari affirmed that the indirect negotiations between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), currently hosted...
No India vs Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025? Broadcaster's social media poster sparks speculations
DNA India
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June 27, 2025
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC), which manages cricket affairs in Asia, is currently chaired by Mohsin Naqvi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Will the Asia Cup 2025 take place without the Pakistan cricket team? A recent...
How a tied shoelace will mark a turning point in US history
CNN
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July 9, 2025
CNN — Deep in one of America’s darkest hours, President George W. Bush warned that while the war on terror was started by others on 9/11, it would end “at an hour of our choosing.” It took nearly a quarter of a century — but soon, one of the last...
Liz Collins Finds Transcendence Through Labor-Intensive Fiber Art
Art in America
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June 27, 2025
Liz Collins had her work cut out for her when she conceived the two 16-foot-long tapestries she showed at last year’s Venice Biennale. Both textiles feature mountain ranges whose peaks emit rainbows that twist through a dark sky, and though they...
Martyrdom of Major Syed Moiz: Afghanistan does not listen to us
Dispatch News Desk Pakistan
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June 25, 2025
DND Report Another incident in which two more men in uniform laid their lives for the country’s future. Another incident in which terrorists attacked Pakistan from Afghan soil. Another incident in which Afghanistan blatantly refused to accept the...
PRODUCTION: Dragons over Kabul to Hit Hungarian Cinemas This Autumn
The Film New Europe
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BUDAPEST: Zsombor Dyga’s heroic war action-drama Dragons over Kabul / Sárkányok Kabul felett (working title Operation Kabul) is currently in postproduction and it will be released in domestic cinemas by Fórum Hungary in the autumn of 2025. Dragons...
PAL acknowledges social media’s role in reviving Pakistan’s indigenous languages
The Nation
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June 27, 2025
ISLAMABAD - The Director General of Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Sultan Muhammad Nawaz Nasir, on Thursday, acknowledging social media’s role for preserving Pakistan’s endangered indigenous languages like Yidgha, Wakhi, Burushaski, Brahui and...
U.S. Funding Cut of $150M Puts Global Independent Media at Risk
CamboJA News
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June 27, 2025
Independent media outlets worldwide are facing an unprecedented crisis, as revealed in an in-depth report released Friday, which found that the 2025 U.S. aid cuts—removal of $150 million in annual support—triggered widespread closures, layoffs,...
A Model Neocon
Chronicles Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Noah Rothman, a National Review senior writer and frequent guest on Fox News, may be the Conservative Inc. equivalent of a medieval feudal lord awash in multiple fiefs. In addition to his post at the flagship neoconservative magazine and his Fox...
No end to wars: Trump, Pakistan and the art of self-congratulation
Mint
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June 27, 2025
Against this backdrop, Pakistan’s nomination seems to be motivated by strategic sycophancy, aimed at currying favour with Washington in exchange for ‘diplomatic goodwill.’ In West Asia, Trump has openly favoured Israel across multiple wars. His...
Code Pink threatens DataRepublican with lawsuit — so she releases damaging evidence on social media
The Blaze
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June 27, 2025
The famous DataRepublican data analyst dropped damaging information she had gathered about Code Pink's connections to the communist Chinese government after the group threatened legal action against her. The database kernel engineer, whose real...
Saudi Arabia reasserts role in Lebanon amid push for Hezbollah disarmament
The National News
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Saudi Arabia is quietly reasserting itself in Lebanon’s political file, amid renewed regional interest in stabilising the country’s fragile institutions and restoring state sovereignty. Last week, Riyadh dispatched its envoy to Lebanon, Prince...
Afghan MMA fighter Hotak set to return to ring
Pajhwok Afghan News
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June 19, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak is set to return to the ring after a long hiatus, facing a Dagestani opponent on June 27. In a post on his official Facebook page, Hotak wrote: “After a long pause, I am...
Afghan Ally Who Aided the US Military Caught in Trump's Immigration Dragnet
Military.com
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June 20, 2025
An Afghan man who fled to the United States after he says his brother was murdered by the Taliban in retaliation for working with the U.S. military, something the man also did himself, is now sitting in an immigration detention center in...
The Ukrainisation of Afghanistan
Al Mayadeen
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June 26, 2025
Tariq Marzbaan warns that Afghanistan is becoming a new front in the global civilisational war, weaponised by the West to sabotage multipolarity, while the Taleban’s Pashtun supremacy project echoes the ideological purges seen in Ukraine and...
Afghan Singer Zalala Hashemi Missing for over two weeks in Kabul
Khaama Press
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June 20, 2025
Afghan singer Zalala Hashemi has been missing for over two weeks in Kabul, with no updates on her whereabouts. Local sources in Kabul have reported the disappearance of Zalala Hashemi, a well-known Afghan female artist, who was allegedly abducted...
More than 30,000 Afghan refugees returned from Iran in one day
Khaama Press
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June 26, 2025
More than 30,000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran in one day, driven by deportations and harsh policies, facing severe hardship upon arrival. Taliban-controlled media reported that more than 30,000 Afghan refugees returned home from Iran...
Over 100 Afghan migrants released from Pakistani jail
Khaama Press
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June 26, 2025
More than 100 Afghan migrants have been released from a Pakistani jail, allowing them to return home and rejoin their families after days of detention. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations announced on Thursday, June 26, that 104 Afghan...
Afghanistan's ministry builds 1,100 school buildings in 4 years
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan interim government's Ministry of Education has constructed over 1,100 school buildings across the country in the past four years, according to the ministry's spokesman. The construction projects were funded by...
Diplomatic Mission condemns Brutal Attack on Afghan Toddler at Moscow Airport
Khaama Press
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June 26, 2025
Political and consular missions have strongly condemned the violent attack on an Afghan refugee toddler at Moscow airport, calling for urgent justice and accountability for this crime. The Coordination Council of Afghanistan’s diplomatic and...