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  • Tunisian court sentences opposition leaders to jail terms of 13 to 66 years

    Tunisian court sentences opposition leaders to jail terms of 13 to 66 years


    Sitting in a crowd of mothers and children under the harsh sun, Najlaa Ahmed described the moment the Rapid Support Forces men poured into Darfur’s Zamzam displacement camp, looting and burning homes as shells rained down and drones flew overhead.

    She lost track of most of her family as she fled. “I don’t know what’s become of them, my mother, father, siblings, my grandmother, I came here with strangers,” she said — one of six survivors who told…

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  • Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance

    Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance


    New Delhi: Despite making up only about one-quarter of India’s overseas population, Indian nationals in Gulf states send almost 40 percent of the country’s bank remittances, the latest data shows.


    India’s diaspora is one of the largest, accounting for 35.4 million people, based on last month’s estimates submitted to parliament by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita.


    Members of the diaspora are a key source of India’s foreign…

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  • ‘I always come here’: The Indian tea shop that runs on trust | Features

    ‘I always come here’: The Indian tea shop that runs on trust | Features

    Serampore, India – It is a warm morning in March, and 65-year-old Ashish Bandopadhyay has cycled the 10 minutes from his home to a tea shop in the Chatra neighbourhood of Serampore, about 30km (19 miles) from Kolkata.

    Dressed in a pastel pink polo shirt, Ashish takes charge of the shop, declaring it’s his “turn” to run it today. “I don’t work here,” he explains with a smile while tearing open a packet of milk as he prepares to brew a fresh pot of cha (the Bengali word for tea)….

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  • Israeli Settlers Rampage Across West Bank, Injuring Palestinians and Damaging Property

    Israeli Settlers Rampage Across West Bank, Injuring Palestinians and Damaging Property

    BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN / 

    Israeli settlers carried out a series of violent attacks across multiple West Bank governorates on Friday, injuring several Palestinians and damaging property, including vehicles and olive trees, in what witnesses described as coordinated rampages carried out under the protection of Israeli forces.

    In the Salfit governorate, settlers attacked Palestinians in the village of Farkha and the town of Biddya, southwest of Salfit. Local sources said…

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  • Muslim Families Uphold Centuries-Old Tradition in Easter Ceremony at Holy Sepulchre

    Muslim Families Uphold Centuries-Old Tradition in Easter Ceremony at Holy Sepulchre

    Jerusalem/PNN/ 

    In a tradition dating back more than 850 years, two Muslim families in Jerusalem on Friday handed over the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity’s holiest sites, ahead of Easter celebrations.

    Members of the Joudeh and Nuseibeh families — long-time guardians of the church’s key — delivered it to representatives of the three Christian custodians: the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Armenian Patriarchate, and the Franciscan…

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  • OCHA warns of severe deterioration in Gaza’s humanitarian situation

    OCHA warns of severe deterioration in Gaza’s humanitarian situation

    NEW YORK /PNN/

    The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned of a serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, as the number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition continues to rise.

    In a statement released Friday, the UN office reported that the number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition in Gaza has risen to 3,600—an increase from just 2,000 the previous month.

    This escalation…

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  • UNRWA: 420,000 Palestinians newly displaced in Gaza since Israel shattered ceasefire

    UNRWA: 420,000 Palestinians newly displaced in Gaza since Israel shattered ceasefire

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    The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported on Friday that 420,000 Palestinians have been newly displaced in Gaza since March 18, following Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement.

    In a statement, the agency warned that “humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the Gaza Strip since 2 March 2025, when the Israeli authorities imposed a siege.”

    “This is already three times longer than the…

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  • Russia says Ukraine struck its energy infrastructure 10 times in last 24 hours

    Russia says Ukraine struck its energy infrastructure 10 times in last 24 hours


    MANILA: Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet.

    The country’s elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of political violence between January 12 and April 11, including the shooting of Espinosa.

    At a rally this month, someone from the crowd fired a bullet that went through his chest and exited his arm, leaving him bleeding but alive.

    Others have been less…

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  • US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again

    US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again

    The United States and Iran made progress in a second round of high-stakes talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme on Saturday and agreed to meet again next week, both sides said.

    The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, Iranian state television and a senior US official said. Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi declared it a “good meeting” that yielded progress.

    “This time we managed to reach a better understanding on a series of principles and goals,” he told Iranian state TV.

    The…

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  • US, Iran to hold more nuclear talks after latest round

    US, Iran to hold more nuclear talks after latest round

    The United States and Iran concluded a second round of high-stakes talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme on Saturday, agreeing to meet again in a week for further discussions.

    The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, Iranian state television reported, with Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi declaring it a “good meeting” that yielded progress.

    “This time we managed to reach a better understanding on a series of principles and goals,” he told Iranian state TV.

    Iran’s foreign…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com