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Over 200,000 Afghans forced to leave Pakistan amid intensified deportation drive; Iran ramps up expulsions too

Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April as Islamabad ramped up its deportation campaign targeting undocumented migrants, with Iran also increasing expulsions, raising concerns over Afghanistan’s capacity to manage the influx.According to Pakistan’s ministry of interior, over 135,000 Afghans left the country in April, followed by 67,000 in […]

US won’t leave Indo-Pacific alone against China, says Hegseth

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore (Image credits: AP) US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday reassured Indo-Pacific allies that they won’t be left to confront China’s growing military and economic pressure alone. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore, he also urged regional […]

Kash Patel gets to the office at 6 am, and doesn’t leave before 7 pm: Deputy director on FBI life

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said Kash Patel is always in the office. FBI director Kash Patel and deputy director Dan Bongino made a series of television appearances in the past few days to quell the MAGA tide turning against the FBI leadership, as the FBI has not yet delivered on their promise of the […]

Chaos and gunfire at a new Gaza aid distribution hub leave 1 dead and 48 hurt | World News

Gunfire at a new Gaza aid distribution hub leave 1 dead and 48 injured (Photo: AP) Gaza’s health ministry said on Wednesday that at least one Palestinian was killed and 48 were wounded when gunshots were fired on a crowd that overran a new aid distribution site in the war-battered enclave that was set up […]

Masked men attack off-duty NYPD officer, steal gun and leave him injured

A uniformed NYPD housing officer, aged 27, was brutally beaten and robbed gun with other things while he was off-duty in the Bronx on Saturday. The incident occurred around 4.10 am on St. Peters Avenue in Parkchester as he walked towards his vehicle after completing his shift.Two assailants, dressed entirely in black, attacked the officer […]

St. Louis tornado: Emergency management chief sent on leave over non-activation of warning sirens

Suspended St. Louis CEMA head Sarah Russell The mayor of St. Louis has sent the city’s emergency management chief on administrative leave, over non-activation of warning sirens ahead of a deadly tornado last week.Sarah Russell, the commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), will remain on paid administrative leave as an external investigation is […]

65 people self-deport as first flight under Trump’s ‘Leave and get $1,000’ deal takes off

First flight under Trump’s $1,000 “self-deport” deal left Monday, Axios reported. The first charter flight carrying 65 immigrants took off from Houston early Monday, Axios reported exclusively, calling it the first flight of President Donald Trump’s new program offering migrants a free trip back home and $1,000. As Donald Trump announced the program a few […]

Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info | World News

Capt. Ed Enos makes his living as a harbor pilot in Hawaii, clambering aboard arriving ships in the predawn hours and guiding them into port. His world revolves around wind speeds, current strength and wave swells. When Enos is bobbing in dangerous waters in the dark, his cellphone is his lifeline: with a few taps […]

US ‘must and will leave’ this region: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Saturday that the United States “must and will leave” the region, following President Donald Trump’s visit to Gulf Arab nations.“With the determination of the region’s nations, America must and will leave this region,” Khamenei said during a televised broadcast, whilst criticising the US strategy that he claimed […]

White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan | World News

White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan (Photo: AP) The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a program initiated by US President Donald Trump departed from Johannesburg on Sunday.A reporter for news agency Reuters described seeing a queue of white citizens with airport trolleys full of luggage waiting to have […]