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Australia Sanctions 4 Taliban Officials Over Human Rights Violations
DID Press: Australia imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four Taliban officials, including three ministers and the head of the judiciary. Canberra described the move as a response to the “deteriorating human rights situation, especially for women and girls”…
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Iran, Charlie Kirk Lead Google’s 2025 Political Searches
DID Press: Google’s annual trends report for 2025 shows that topics related to Iran—from geopolitical developments to internal affairs—were among the most searched political subjects worldwide. The report also highlights an unusually sharp rise in searches for Charlie Kirk, a…
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Palestinian Woman Elected President of Oxford Union
DID Press: Arwa Hanin Elrayess, a student of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, has been elected President of the Oxford Union for the 2026 term. The University’s student-run newspaper Cherwell reported that Arwa won the election with 757 votes, defeating her…
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3rd Afghan Evacuee Arrested in US on Terrorism Charges Within Week
DID Press: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Jan Shah Safi, an Afghan evacuated to the US in 2021, has been arrested in Waynesboro, Virginia, on charges of supporting ISIS-K. This marks the third terrorism-related arrest involving Afghan…
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SIGAR Final Report: US Failed in Afghanistan Despite Spending $145B
DID Press: Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in its final report that the US 22-year effort to build a democratic and stable Afghanistan has ended in failure. This comes despite the allocation of approximately $144.7 billion for…
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US F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes in California
DID Press: A US Air Force F-16C fighter jet from the elite demonstration squadron crashed in the southern California desert on Wednesday. The pilot survived. According to Nellis Air Force Base, the incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. (local tine) during…
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Trump Warns Ukraine; Conditions against Kyiv
DID Press: US President Donald Trump warned that the balance of the war in Ukraine is shifting rapidly to Kyiv’s disadvantage, saying Ukrainian leaders should have agreed to a settlement earlier. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said…
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Pakistan Demands German Aid, Warns of Deporting Vulnerable Afghans
DID Press: Pakistan’s defense minister warned that due to Germany’s slow pace in accepting former Afghan local staff, Islamabad will only continue hosting them if Berlin pays for their security costs. Otherwise, Pakistan may return these individuals to Afghanistan —…
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Taliban FM: Washington Shooting Has No Link to Afghan People or Government
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban government’s foreign minister, said the recent shooting in Washington that killed one U.S. National Guard member and critically injured another has no connection to the Afghan people or the Afghan government. His remarks…
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UN OCHA: Afghanistan Faces Worst Food Crisis in 2 Decades
DID Press: The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has reached a critical point, with the United Nations warning that nearly 22 million people will require urgent life-saving assistance in 2026. According to the latest report from the UN Office for the…
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