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Inside the UN: A Young Diplomat’s First Look at Global Governance
International Policy Digest
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July 19, 2025
Sarah Sydra Anissa Faraoun, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Human Sciences, recently completed a three-week internship at the UN Office in Geneva through U.P.I.C.E., under the mentorship of Ambassador David Fernández Puyana. Raised in a...
Germany cannot recognize Taliban as Afghanistan’s leadership — Chancellor Merz
TASS
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July 18, 2025
BERLIN, July 18. /TASS/. A diplomatic recognition by the German government of the Taliban movement as the governing authority in Afghanistan is out of the question, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday. For the first time since coming...
Schumer Asks US Army to Award New York Hero with Medal of Honor
Military.com
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July 24, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The push to recognize U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, a Staten Island hero, with the nation's highest military decoration has received another surge of momentum. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is renewing his push in suggesting...
Germany deports 81 Afghan offenders on repatriation flight
Daily Finland
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Published : 18 Jul 2025, 22:45 Updated : 19 Jul 2025, 00:41 Germany deported 81 Afghans back to Afghanistan by plane on Friday, with Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt describing them as "serious and the most serious offenders," reported dpa....
Five ‘would-be suicide bombers’ nabbed as infiltration bid foiled on Pak-Afghan border: state media
Pakistan Today
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July 18, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The security forces foiled an infiltration attempt by terrorists along the Pak-Afghan border and arrested five “alleged suicide bombers,” state-run media reported on Friday. “The security forces have foiled an infiltration attempt by...
Five teen suicide bombers arrested at Afghan border
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 18, 2025
Five alleged Afghan suicide bombers, aged between 15 and 18 years, were arrested while attempting to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghanistan, security officials said on Friday. According to the officials, the teen terrorists entered the Pakistani...
Two earthquakes jolt Afghanistan
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 18, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Two earthquakes jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The latest earthquake was of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale. As per the NCS, "EQ of M: 4.0, On:...
Over 1,200 Afghan Commercial Containers Stuck at Karachi Port
TOLONews
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More than 1,200 containers carrying Afghan commercial goods are currently stranded at Pakistan's Karachi port. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce reports that these containers, primarily loaded with imported food items such as...
Fancy Bear Hackers Target Governments and Military Entities with Advanced Tools
GBHackers
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July 18, 2025
Fancy Bear, designated as APT28 by cybersecurity experts, represents a sophisticated Russian cyberespionage collective operational since 2007, renowned for infiltrating governments, military organizations, and strategic entities globally. This...
Xi Jinping's China about to receive killer blow on global stage of UN
Daily Express
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July 24, 2025
The United Nations was once the centrepiece of a postwar global order built on liberty, democracy, and the rule of law. Today, it risks becoming a stage for authoritarian regimes to legitimise their ambitions. No country has been more effective at...
Performance and People take centre stage at the 2025 MIA Conference
Event Industry News
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July 24, 2025
The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has announced details of its 2025 annual conference with the theme Equipped to Excel as part of the MIA’s ongoing commitment to focusing on excellence. Dedicated to creating practical solutions for two of...
ICO says MoD Afghan data breach ‘unacceptable – and should never happen again’
PublicTechnology
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July 18, 2025
With a super injunction lifted, the defence secretary John Healey has revealed details of the 2022 breach, while the UK data protection regulator has commented on a ‘deeply regrettable’ incident A Ministry of Defence official accidentally shared...
Thousands of Afghans affected by data leak won’t get compensation
The Times
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Thousands of Afghans affected by the data breach and who will not be evacuated to Britain will not receive any compensation, The Times understands. The Ministry of Defence will fight any five-figure claims mounted by law firms and will not be...
MIA announces details of 2025 annual conference
Conference News
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July 24, 2025
The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) has announced details of its 2025 annual conference with the theme Equipped to Excel as part of the MIA’s ongoing commitment to focusing on excellence. Dedicated to creating practical solutions for two of...
‘Repatriation effort’: Germany deports 81 Afghans to Taliban-ruled country citing ‘criminal past’; first time under Merz
Firstpost
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July 18, 2025
Germany deported 81 Afghan men on Friday, its second such operation since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and the first under Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new government, which has pledged a tougher stance on migration. Authorities said all...
Ibogaine appears to treat traumatic brain injuries in veterans
EurekAlert!
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For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicide among veterans....
Germany deports 81 Afghans, second time since Taliban's return
The Economic Times
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July 18, 2025
BERLIN: Germany deported dozens of Afghan men to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban returned to power and the first since a new government. German authorities said a flight took off Friday morning carrying...
Afghan Authorities Destroy 65 Tonnes Of Expired Food Items In Kabul
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kabul, July 15 (IANS) Afghan authorities collected and destroyed 65 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, officials from the Ministry of Public Health said. "Today, 65 tonnes, approximately...
Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals to their homeland
Hurriyet Daily News
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BERLIN People board a Qatar Airways plane, with federal police vehicles in front of it, on the apron at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Friday, July 18, 2025, Saxony, Schkeuditz. (Jan Woitas/dpa/dpa via AP) Germany deported dozens of Afghan nationals to...
Sordid scandal erupts in the UK over cover-up of military leak of Afghan names
World Socialist Web Site
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July 18, 2025
The Starmer Labour government and the Conservative opposition are rolling around in the mud over revelations of a military data leak potentially endangering thousands of Afghans, and a close to two-year-long superinjunction preventing the media...