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Rohingya Repatriation: A Roadmap Without a Road
The Rohingya crisis remains one of the most enduring humanitarian and political failures in South and Southeast Asia. Since the 2017 mass expulsion from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Bangladesh has hosted more than one million refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, while Myanmar has failed to create conditions for safe return. What began as an […]
IPS News · 3 Aug 2026
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PML-N, PPP leaders resume talks to ease tensions over AJK polls
MUZAFFARABAD: Senior leaders of the PML-N and PPP on Saturday resumed talks aimed at defusing tensions between the two parties following the latter’s allegations of rigging in four of the 13 constituencies in Mirpur division during the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections.
The PPP and the PML-N — coalition partners in the Centre — have been engaged in a war of words since the
Dawn Pakistan · 1 Aug 2026
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Ghana: LGBTQ+ Bill to Be Reintroduced Today - Speaker
[Ghanaian Times] The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has indicated that the Human Sexual Right and Family Values Bill, 2026, is likely to be re-introduced today.
allAfrica · 31 Jul 2026
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In reply to Nawaz, Bilawal says people of AJK not ready to 'bargain away their rights' in elections
MIRPUR: Responding to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s recent jibe, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that whether it’s Kashmir or Kashmore, Mirpur or Mirpurkhas, their residents were “not ready to bargain away their rights”.
Bilawal’s response comes a day before the first phase of elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is set to begin, with Mirpur voting on Monday. It also comes a
Dawn Pakistan · 26 Jul 2026
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Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Indigenous Rights
Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies for asserting and preserving their rights.
Global Voices · 26 Jul 2026
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Heavy monsoon rains lash Lahore, disrupt routine life
LAHORE: Heavy monsoon rains caused widespread water accumulation across Lahore on Thursday, disrupting routine life, slowing traffic and creating difficulties for commuters as rainwater remained stagnant on major roads, intersections and underpasses in several parts of the provincial capital.
Despite claims by the district administration and the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Lahore that drain
Dawn Pakistan · 23 Jul 2026
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Larga Kitikmeot boarding home in Yellowknife to open in 2027
Larga Kitikmeot, which provides accommodation for Inuit travelling to Yellowknife for medical care, has listed its current boarding home for sale as a larger replacement could open next summer. The three-storey boarding home at 5602 50 Ave.
Nunatsiaq News · 23 Jul 2026
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Israeli cities open shelters
Israeli cities open shelters
Multiple Israeli municipalities announced the opening of air raid shelters in preparation for potential Iranian escalations over the weekend, Israeli media has reported.
Ramat Gan municipality was the first to open its city's shelters, followed by those of the Upper Galilee, Eilat and Beersheba, among others.
Middle East Eye · 23 Jul 2026