Officials said the proposed extension was to allow the refugees more time to settle their personal affairs in Pakistan, such as selling property or wrapping up business activities, before returning to Afghanistan in an orderly and dignified way.
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Pakistan to consider extending deadline for Afghan refugees facing mass deportation to leave
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Syria’s Christians fear for future after devastating church attack
Lina SinjabBBC Middle East correspondent
Reporting fromDamascus, Syria
Getty ImagesThe attack on a church in the suburbs of Damascus left at least 25 people dead Warning: This article contains distressing details
“Your brother is a hero.”
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Russia-Iran alliance wavers as Tehran suffers major blows
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Kremlin Press Office / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Tehran, Russia’s main ally in the Middle East, has been dealt a…
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Oil tanker explodes off coast of Libya
An oil tanker with a million barrels of oil has exploded off the coast of Libya. The ship had made a call at a Russian port just weeks earlier.
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Bob Vylan’s Israeli military chant prompts US visa cancellation and UK criminal probe
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Members of the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan had their visas revoked by the United States and are under investigation by local police after leading a crowd to chant…
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Israeli strike on cafe near Gaza City port kills dozens, hospital official says
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More than 40 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit a cafe near the port in Gaza City, according to the head of the territory’s largest hospital.
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Europe heat wave continues as UN chief warns of ‘new normal’ – DW – 06/30/2025
Authorities in Spain on Monday confirmed the country’s highest-ever June temperature, as an ongoing heat wave pushed the mercury at one point on Saturday to 46 degrees Celsius (115 F).
The record was set in Huelva, near the border with Portugal,…
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