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Tragedy in the English Channel: Migrant Dies as Boat Sinks Near French Coast
May 19, 2025
Tragedy in the English Channel: Migrant Dies as Boat Sinks Near French Coast
One migrant drowned and 61 others were rescued after an overloaded boat carrying irregular migrants capsized in the English Channel early Monday morning, Anadolu Agency reported. The incident occurred off the coast of Pas-de-Calais, France, according to BFMTV reports. French…
Pakistan Halts Afghan Visa Extensions, Hundreds Released Amid Mass Deportations
May 19, 2025
Pakistan Halts Afghan Visa Extensions, Hundreds Released Amid Mass Deportations
Pakistan has suspended visa extensions for all categories of Afghan refugees, revoking security clearances needed for renewal, impacting thousands of long-term residents with PoR and ACC cards, Khaama Press reported. This intensifies an ongoing crackdown, with over 1.3 million Afghans…
ISIS-Linked Militants Attack Mozambique Wildlife Reserve, Killing 10
May 18, 2025
ISIS-Linked Militants Attack Mozambique Wildlife Reserve, Killing 10
At least 10 people have been killed in a series of brutal attacks by Islamic State-linked militants in Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve, one of Africa’s largest protected areas, The Guardian reported. The violence, claimed by Islamic State-Mozambique, includes a raid on…
Harvard Discovers Its ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Is Rare 1300 Original
May 18, 2025
Harvard Discovers Its ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Is Rare 1300 Original
Harvard Law School announced that a manuscript long thought to be a replica of the Magna Carta is actually an original issued by King Edward I in 1300, Anadolu Agency reported. Purchased in 1946 for just $27.50, the document was…
China employing boarding schools as tool of cultural genocide against Uyghur children
May 18, 2025
China employing boarding schools as tool of cultural genocide against Uyghur children
The Centre for Uyghur Studies (CUS) has released a report titled “Breaking the Roots: China’s Use of Boarding Schools as a Tool of Genocide Against Uyghur Muslims,” The Sentinel revealed. The report sheds light on China’s state-sponsored boarding school system…
‘On thin ice’: UN chief warns against rapid Himalayan glacier melt
May 18, 2025
‘On thin ice’: UN chief warns against rapid Himalayan glacier melt
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of rapid Himalayan glacier melt, describing Nepal as “on thin ice” after losing nearly one-third of its ice in just over 30 years, with glacier melt accelerating 65% in the last decade, UN website reported.…
Kazakhstan inks Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
May 18, 2025
Kazakhstan inks Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
Kazakhstan has joined over 65 countries in signing the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action in Astana, committing to address the climate crisis’s disproportionate impact on children, UNICEF website reported. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Yerlan Nyssanbayev,…
UN reduces humanitarian aid targets in Yemen, Somalia
May 18, 2025
UN reduces humanitarian aid targets in Yemen, Somalia
The United Nations announced on Friday it is scaling back humanitarian aid goals in Yemen and Somalia due to a significant drop in funding from member states, Arab News reported. The UN warned that these cuts put millions of lives…
Syria sets deadline for merger of all military units under Defense Ministry
May 18, 2025
Syria sets deadline for merger of all military units under Defense Ministry
Syria announced the consolidation of all military units under the Ministry of Defense to create a unified military structure within a single institutional framework, Anadolu Agency reported. Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra stated on Saturday that any remaining small…
IS-Affiliated Terrorist Group Claims Responsibility for Peshawar Suicide Bombing Attack
May 18, 2025
IS-Affiliated Terrorist Group Claims Responsibility for Peshawar Suicide Bombing Attack
The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for the May 11 suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, which killed two police officers and injured three, News World reported.According to ISKP’s weekly publication Al-Naba, the attacker, Abu Ibrahim al-Khorasani, detonated an…