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A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing “intensified abusive tactics” in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for deportation of illegal foreigners and Afghan citizen card holders. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) sounded the alarm in a report published Wednesday. The non-governmental organization called on the international community to prevent the deportation of people backContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wouldn’t mind if the Liberal Party won the upcoming Canadian election, saying: “I’d rather deal with a liberal than a conservative.” But the U.S. president also says ‘I don’t care’ who leads next Canadian governmentThomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 18, 2025Continue Reading

World Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, continuing a crackdown by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing populist party on the country’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. New law would enable police to use facial recognition to track PrideContinue Reading

World NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. Pair were launched inContinue Reading

World A U.S. federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration to provide details about hundreds of Venezuelans it deported despite a court order barring it from doing so, and gave the government until Tuesday to explain why officials believed they had complied with his order. U.S government given deadlineContinue Reading

World North Macedonia is grappling with the loss of dozens of young lives after a weekend inferno at an overcrowded club in the eastern town of Kocani, precipitating seven days of mourning in the country. Officials have several people in custody, launch club inspections countrywideThe Associated Press · Posted: MarContinue Reading

World The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100 in the capital of Sanaa and the northern province of Saada, the rebels’ stronghold on the border with Saudi Arabia. Washington warns it will continueContinue Reading

World Serbian officials denied Sunday that the country’s security forces used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital. Rights groups claimed that the widely banned acoustic weapon was used during the protest Saturday. Opposition, rights groups says they will fileContinue Reading

World Francis has not been seen publicly since he was admitted to the hospital Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis that made it difficult for him to speak. Doctors soon added a diagnosis of double pneumonia and a polymicrobial (bacterial, viral and fungal) infection. 88-year-old pontiff has not beenContinue Reading