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Taiwan tightens rules for Chinese Nationals seeking Permanent Residency

Aug 09, 2025

Chinese nationals applying for permanent residency in Taiwan through family-based channels will soon have to prove they have renounced their Chinese passports, under a draft amendment from Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Focus Taiwan reported.

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Three people injured after 17-year-old opens fire in New York's Times Square; accused held

Aug 09, 2025

According to the NY Post, the suspect was arrested at the scene, and a firearm was recovered too. The gunman has not been identified due to his age, and till now, charges have not been filed.
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'Cut us open and we bleed like them': Amnesty slams Pakistan's discrimination against minorities in sanitation work

Aug 09, 2025
A soldier stands guard along the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (File Photo/Reuters)

Pakistan: Tablighi Jamaat's grip on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fuels concerns of radicalisation

Aug 09, 2025

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Mexico's President Sheinbaum rejects US military invasion amid cartel fight plans

Aug 09, 2025

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected reports of US military entering Mexico to fight cartels, emphasizing cooperation without invasion....
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Afghanistan faces power crisis as electricity imports drop

Aug 09, 2025

Afghanistan's electricity imports from Tajikistan have dropped, causing shortages in Kabul. Despite using thermal generators, supply lasts only...
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'Where will we go?' Afghan mothers in Chagai live in terror as Pakistan plans mass deportations

Aug 09, 2025

Afghan refugee mothers in Pakistan's Chagai district fear forced deportation after their protective PoR cards expired. They face...
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"The most socialist president in the history of the United States": MJ Akbar on Trump's trade policies

Aug 09, 2025
A general view of signs along a highway leading to Gwadar, Balochistan (File Photo/Reuters)

Education, livelihoods, and press freedom hit as Balochistan internet ban continues

Aug 09, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Photo/Reuters)

Brazilian President Lula signs bill easing environmental licensing, vetoes key provisions to protect Amazon

Aug 09, 2025
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Pakistan: Sindh High Court extends suspension of K-Electric CEO's removal over harassment case

Aug 09, 2025
Afghan women wait to receive food packages distributed by a Saudi Arabian humanitarian aid group at a Kabul distribution center (File Photo/Reuters)

Germany sees sharp rise in Afghan women asylum seekers amid Taliban repression

Aug 09, 2025
Nepal observes Janai Purnima with devotees performing ritualistic baths and changing sacred threads worn across the body and wrist, marking the traditional Hindu festival of protection and purification (Photo/ANI)

Nepal observes Janai Purnima with ritualistic bathe and changing the sacred threads worn across body and wrist

Aug 09, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (File Photo/Reuters)

French police launch probe after Israeli rabbi threatens Macron

Aug 09, 2025
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"We're calling for a special election," says California governor Newsom on November redistricting plan

Aug 09, 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (File Photo/Reuters)

UN chief Guterres "gravely alarmed" by Israeli decision to "take control of Gaza City"

Aug 09, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Bala (Image Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar)

EAM Jaishankar congratulates Singapore on 60th National Day, says "cherish enduring friendship"

Aug 09, 2025
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"Very crucial time in world affairs": Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev on Modi-Putin conversation

Aug 09, 2025
Mourners gather before funeral of Zambia's ex-President Edgar Lungu in Hillbrow after his death in South Africa (Photo/Reuters)

South African court orders former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's burial in Zambia despite family's objection

Aug 09, 2025