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U.S. Shutdown Leaves Californians Waiting Hours for Food Assistance
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Grandi calls for greater refugee protection and funding
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced displacement in his final address to the General Assembly.
Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services…
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Afghanistan opium crop falls sharply after Taliban ban
Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said.
The total area of land for growing opium poppy shrank 20% since last year, while the amount of opium has…
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Hezbollah: Negotiating with enemy not in the national interest
Pars Today – Lebanese Hezbollah on Thursday emphasized that negotiating with the enemy brings no national benefit and warned that some have tried to hand over the resistance’s weapons to the enemy as a gesture of Lebanon’s…
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Mamdani’s victory embodies Israel’s nightmare scenario – Middle East Monitor
The Hebrew newspaper Maariv described scenes in New York following Zohran Mamdani’s election as the city’s mayor as “frightening moments”, saying the event reflects “Israel’s nightmare scenario” after a…
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Afghanistan And Pakistan Return To Turkey For More Peace Negotiations
Militaries from the South Asian neighbours clashed last month, with dozens killed in the worst such violence since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021.
Both sides signed a ceasefire in Doha on October 19, but a second round of…
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Trump’s defeat in New York: A warning signal for the GOP’s failed policies
Pars Today – American media reacted to Donald Trump’s defeat in the New York mayoral race.
U.S. outlets highlighted the victory of 34-year-old Zahrahn Mamdani, the new young Democratic mayor of New York, over Trump’s endorsed…
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Iran asks Saudi Arabia to raise its Hajj pilgrim quota
In a meeting with Saudi Ambassador Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi this week, Iran’s Hajj chief Alireza Rashidian said that last year Iran’s allocation was approximately 85,000 pilgrims.
He requested an increase in the quota for the next Hajj…
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Opium Farming In Afghanistan Declined By A Fifth In 2025: UN
The total area of land in Afghanistan on which opium poppy is grown shrank 20% in 2025, according to a U.N. estimate issued on Thursday, a further drop since farming of the raw material for heroin collapsed in 2023 after the Taliban banned it.
Continue ReadingHostile move by Australian parliament against IRGC
Pars Today – The Australian Parliament has passed legislation allowing the federal government to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “national terrorist” organization based on unfounded and baseless…
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