Nadine YousifBBC News, Toronto
BBC NewsIn a quiet, leafy suburb of Toronto, a 30-year-old Afghan woman spends most afternoons…
Category: 2. World
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How this Afghan family ended up held by ICE in bureaucratic limbo
BBC NewsAn Afghan woman in Canada says her family has been kept apart by recent changes to US asylum policies under Donald Trump. -
It’s 4,000 miles from Ukraine
Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Vladivostok
BBCAll the players in Soyuz, the local Para ice hockey team, lost limbs fighting in Ukraine At an ice rink in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east, 30-year-old Dmitry Afanasyev is in training with teammates…
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As the 50% tariff impasse continues, is retaliation an option for India?
Nikhil InamdarBBC News, Mumbai
Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesProlonged 50% tariffs could shave off as much as 0.8% of India’s GDP US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on India came into effect on 27 August. So far, rather than retaliating,…
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What we know about fatal Lisbon funicular derailment
Watch: Emergency crews surround derailed Portugal funicular One of Lisbon’s most iconic tourist attractions, the Gloria funicular, derailed and crashed on Wednesday evening.
At least 15 people have been killed and 18 more injured, some critically,…
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How Europe went from Merkel’s ‘We can do it’ ten years ago to pulling up the drawbridge
Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondent
BBCThe day they appeared he could hardly believe his eyes. Small boat after small boat bearing in from the Turkish side. “I have so many memories that are coming back to me now,” says Paris Louamis, 50, a hotelier…
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Sana’a University students vow revenge for Israel’s killing of Yemeni officials
Yusef Mawry
Press TV, Sana’aStudents at the University of Sana’a have commemorated the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). The gathering quickly…
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Israeli forces rely on booby trapped vehicles to destroy Gaza neighborhoods
Motee Abu Musabeh
Press TV, Deir al-BalahIsraeli forces continue their plan of destroying Gaza’s residential areas by using booby trapped vehicles and robots which inflict a…
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Israel kills Press TV, Al-Alam cameraman Rasmi Salem in Gaza
Ghada Ebrahim
Press TV, Gaza CityPress TV and Al-Alam TV cameraman Rasmi Jihad Salem was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, adding to the growing list of…
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Remembering Rais Ali Delvari, Iranian hero and symbol of defiance against British imperialism
By Ivan KesicRais Ali Delvari, the heroic leader from Tangestan county who united the southern tribes and famously defeated British forces in Delvar, remains an eternal symbol of resistance in Iran.
His strategic…
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Israels war leaves 21,000 Palestinian children disabled in Gaza: UN
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) says at least 21,000 children in Gaza have been left disabled since Israel launched its genocidal war on the besieged strip in October 2023.
In a review…
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