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Christians bound, blindfolded, before being forced to jump into sea by India’s Navy
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Fate of Christians is unknown By Morning Star NewsWednesday, July 02, 2025 Getty Images/Yawar NazirNEW DELHI — Relatives of ethnic Rohingya Christian refugees cast into the sea by India’s Navy have yet to hear from them nearly two months after the...
Ashes or Awakening? India at the Crossroads of World War III
Nagaland Post
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July 22, 2025
Introduction: Between Karma and Catastrophe. If World War III were to erupt, India would find itself not merely at a political juncture, but at a civilizational crossroads. This is a land where the Mahabharata warned of fratricidal war and where...
Over 100 aid groups call for Israel to stop starving Gazans; UN chief hits out at ‘horror show’ as 80 children die of hunger
Irish Independent
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In a statement signed by 111 organizations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Refugees International, the groups warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave even as tons of food, clean water, medical...
Trump threatens tariffs on 14 countries starting August 1: Here's the full list
MARCA
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to 14 countries: unless they strike new trade agreements with the U.S., steep reciprocal tariffs between 25% and 40% will come into force on August 1, 2025. Leaders of the affected nations received...
Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify
MoeMaKa
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July 13, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 11 (Moemaka, July 12, 2025): Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify The Myanmar military junta’s daily airstrikes—using fighter jets and bombing missions—have sharply increased in recent weeks,...
Karenni Retreat, Worship Gathering Builds Faith, Community
Catholic Herald
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July 23, 2025
Maria Chay knew it was an honor for her community to be asked to host the 11th annual national gathering of Karenni Catholics. As a leader at St. Michael Parish, Milwaukee, and an officer with the Karenni-American Catholic Association, she helped...
Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 18, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
From conflict to recovery
Philanthropy Age
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The day I visited Kajaki, NATO allies were meeting to set new defence spending targets. It was also the day after President Trump brokered a fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel. While military budgets rise, aid budgets are being...
UN Statements Undercut New Israeli Report on 10/7 Sexual Violence
Drop Site
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July 22, 2025
My book “The Squad” is out in paperback tomorrow. If you want to get it and avoid Amazon, you can do that here. In hindsight, I regret not fighting for the original title I wanted, “They’ve Got Money,” because it is a sequel to my previous one,...
Northeast key to India-ASEAN ties under new 5 year plan: Pabitra Margherita
The Assam Tribune
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July 18, 2025
Guwahati, July 18: India and ASEAN nations share a deep relation in terms of spirituality, trade and commerce, and art and culture for hundreds of years and a five-year action plan for India-ASEAN ties was drafted recently, said Union Minister of...
Engaged Buddhism: Jungto Society Hosts INEB Study Tour in South Korea for Buddhist Monastics from Southeast Asia
Buddhistdoor Global
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Images courtesy of Jungto Society Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, this month hosted an intensive nine-day study tour in South Korea for...
Third-Country Deportations in Legal Limbo Under Trump
The Cipher Brief
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July 22, 2025
OPINION — “Government has assured emaSwati [the Swazi people] that the arrival [in southern Africa Wednesday in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland] of five third-country deportees from the United States of America poses no security threat to the Nation....
PEACETALK: ASEAN’s community of peacebuilders – bringing peace to a reality
Minda News
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July 22, 2025
(Speech delivered by Dr. Ayesah Uy Abubakar at the Panel Discussion 2: Peace – Reality or Illusion?during the Launch of the AICHR Thematic Study on the Right to Peace, held on 1 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Abubakar of Mindanao is...
Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
Associated Press
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July 17, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
Indian Passport Ranking 2025: India Jumps 8 Spots To Rank 77th in Henley Passport Index, Indians Now Get Visa-Free Entry to 59 Countries; Check List of Top 10 Strongest Passports
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
Mumbai, July 23: The Indian passport has improved its ranking significantly in the Henley Passport Index 2025, jumping eight positions to secure the 77th spot globally. This is the biggest single-year jump for Indian passport holders, who can now...
Parliament Monsoon Session 2025: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha Disrupted Again As Opposition Continues To Protest Over Bihar Special Intensive Revision; NDA Calls It Hypocrisy (Watch Videos)
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
New Delhi, July 23: The Monsoon Session of Parliament continued to reel under disruptions for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, as the Opposition intensified its protests against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...
How Martyrs' Day marked Mamata's rallying cry to defeat BJP in Bengal and beyond
India Today
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July 22, 2025
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, in a powerful address at her party’s flagship Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 in Kolkata, launched a combative attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of orchestrating a “voter deletion”...
NSO flays KIA’s ‘aggression,’ demands release of captured Naga personnel
The Morung Express
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Lahe, July 22 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Organisation (NSO) has strongly condemned what it termed as “escalating aggression” by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) towards the Nagas. According to the NSO, the latest and most alarming incident of...
Cambodian Authorities Dismantle Major Online Scam Rings, Arrest Over 3,000 Suspects Nationwide
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 23, 2025 -- Cambodian authorities have successfully concluded a sweeping, month-long operation against online scam operations, dismantling 138 locations and apprehending more than 3,000 suspects nationwide. The extensive...
UK Heritage Department feared ‘mass restitutions’ when Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland
The Art Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
A newly released UK government file reveals there was a serious disagreement between the heritage department and the prime minister over the return of the fabled 13th-century Stone of Scone to Scotland in 1996. The Department of National Heritage...