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Kabul Chawla: The BPTP Owner Who Scammed India’s Real Estate Stakeholders and Enjoys His Vacation from Justice
Inventiva
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July 7, 2025
India’s real estate boom has long been heralded as the surest path to riches as the “Great Indian Real Estate” is touted as “undoubtedly the most significant sector” with exponential growth. But behind this golden facade lurk dark underbellies of...
ICC Chairman Jay Shah Extends Condolences on Death of Afghanistan Umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Latestly
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July 8, 2025
Mumbai, July 8: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Jay Shah has expressed its sorrow at the death of Afghanistan umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari at the age of 41. A member of the ICC International Panel of Umpires, Shinwari officiated...
Jay Shah Extends Condolences On Death Of Afghanistan Umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Dubai, July 8 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Jay Shah has expressed its sorrow at the death of Afghanistan umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari at the age of 41. A member of the ICC International Panel of Umpires,...
Punitive measures unlikely..: India abstains from UN resolution on Afghanistan
Madhyamam
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July 8, 2025
United Nations: While abstaining on a General Assembly resolution on Afghanistan, India has called on the international community to prevent Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and their sponsors from exploiting that country’s...
India Abstains from UN Afghanistan Resolution, Urges Action Against Terror Use of Afghan Soil
The Kashmir Monitor
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July 8, 2025
India abstained from voting on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday and noted that a “business as usual” approach without new and targeted initiatives is unlikely to deliver the outcomes...
ICC mourns death of Afghanistan umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari
Telengana Today
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July 8, 2025
Afghanistan umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari, 41, has passed away. A member of the ICC International Panel of Umpires, Bismillah had officiated in 25 ODIs and 21 T20Is. ICC Chairman Jay Shah extended condolences to his family Hyderabad: The ICC has...
Nearly 500,000 Afghans return from Iran since June 1: UN migration agency
Yeni Safak
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Nearly half a million Afghans have returned from Iran in just over a month, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed to Anadolu on Monday, ahead of Tehran's deadline for undocumented Afghan nationals to leave the country....
UN slams Taliban over systematic oppression of Afghan women
Daily Times
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July 8, 2025
The United Nations General Assembly has strongly condemned the “systematic oppression” of women and girls in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban authorities. In a resolution passed on Monday, 116 countries voted in favor, while the United States and...
As ties grow, Russian tourism firms offer trips to Afghanistan
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): In the wake of Russia’s official recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Russian travel companies have launched promoting one-week tourism packages to Afghanistan, with the first group of tourists expected to...
UN General Assembly adopts resolution on Afghanistan, Russia abstains
TASS
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July 7, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, July 7. /TASS/. During its plenary session on Monday, the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution expressing concern about human rights in Afghanistan, a TASS correspondent reported. The 67-point document was drafted by...
Sens. Warren, Sheehy team up on bipartisan military bill backed by Trump admin.
CBS News
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Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, is teaming up with Montana Republican Tim Sheehy, one of the upper chamber's most conservative, to advance a new Pentagon policy that has earned support...
U.S. sanctions investigator of Palestinian human rights abuses
United Press International (UPI)
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July 9 (UPI) -- The United States has sanctioned an independent investigator of human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, in latest move by the Trump administration targeting critics of Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Francesca Paola...
Pakistan urges UN to stop Afghanistan from becoming terror hub
Daily Times
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July 8, 2025
At the United Nations General Assembly, Pakistan issued a strong warning about the growing threat of terrorism from Afghanistan. Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, stressed that Afghan soil must not...
Data Collection Can Be Effective and Legal
Antiwar
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July 8, 2025
Reprinted from ConsortiumNews. William Binney is the principal author of this memo by the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Data...
Campaign to smash hashish farms in Afghanistan's Badakhshan begins
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Police launched operations to destroy hashish farms in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Monday, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said Tuesday. The campaign formally began from Wardoj and Darayem...
T20 superstars return to DP World International League T20
Sacramento Sun - California
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DUBAI, 8th July, 2025 (WAM) -- Some of the biggest T20 superstars from around the world will feature in the DP World International League T20. The DP World International League T20 Season 4 will begin on 2nd December with a blockbuster opening. DP...
Afghan border faces emergency as thousands return from Iran ahead of deadline
Daily Times
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July 7, 2025
Tens of thousands of undocumented Afghans rushed back home from Iran in recent days, creating a crisis at border points, especially at Islam Qala in Herat province. Iran had set a July 6 deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave, impacting...
Nearly half a million undocumented Afghans exit Iran via Dogharoun border
Iran Front Page
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July 8, 2025
Iran has witnessed the exit of nearly 490,000 undocumented Afghan nationals through the eastern Dogharoun border over the past four months, according to local authorities. The figures, released by the deputy for security and law enforcement at...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Talks Review Implementation Of Key Bilateral Agreements
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) The first round of Additional Secretary-level talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan concluded with both sides reviewing progress on the decisions made during Ishaq Dar's visit to Kabul on April 19. According to the...
UN General Assembly condemns ‘systematic oppression’ of Afghan women
Iran Front Page
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July 8, 2025
The resolution was adopted by 116 votes in favor versus the United States and Israel against, with 12 abstentions. The text “expresses its serious concern about the grave, worsening, widespread and systematic oppression of all women and girls in...