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Iran fans on 2026 World Cup travel ban
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
“It’s offensive for any football fan to be prevented from participating in the World Cup, not just Iranians,” Ali Rezaei of Tehran’s Borna news agency says. In March, the national team became the second to qualify for the 2026 World Cup that will...
Trump's 'unconstitutional' new travel ban goes into effect
KHQ - Washington State
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Alameda, CA (Prism) The travel restrictions on mostly African and Middle Eastern countries began Monday, after mass anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles People from 12 primarily African and Middle Eastern countries, including family members of...
Belfast priest raises over £34,000 for life-saving work in Sudan and Gaza
The Irish News
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July 4, 2025
A Belfast-based priest has raised over £34,000 to support life-saving humanitarian work in two of the world’s most war-torn countries. Canon Sean Rogan of Drumbo and Carryduff Parish came up with the idea of a fundraising concert after seeing the...
Vast numbers who fled Sudan's Zamzam camp still at risk from violence
The National News
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At least 400,000 people have fled Sudan’s Zamzam displacement camp in less than three weeks due to heavy violence and fighting, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The findings by the medical charity, published in a report titled...
Sudan: the UN warns booming trips and imminent floods
The European Times
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July 2, 2025
During the regular Tuesday briefing at the UN headquarters, in New York, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relay warnings of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha), citing urgent concerns across the country....
Gen Dagalo takes key step towards parallel government in RSF-held areas of Sudan
The National News
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Gen Mohamed Dagalo, commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, has been selected to head an alliance of political parties and rebel groups, seen as a step towards setting up a parallel government in areas held by the paramilitary. The Foundation...
Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills 11 in Red Sea State
Media Line
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June 30, 2025
At least 11 miners died and seven others were injured when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Sudan, the state-run Mineral Resources Company confirmed on Sunday. The incident took place at the Kersh al-Feel site in the Houeid region, located...
Trump's Travel Ban Will Not Make Americans Safer
Reason Magazine
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July 1, 2025
President Donald Trump recently banned travel and immigration to the United States for nationals of a dozen countries, insisting that this would protect the U.S. from terrorists and criminals. The ban applies to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the...
Nine things to know about the 2025 travel ban and new challenges for immigrants in Minnesota
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! On June 5, the...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:43 a.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has made tax cuts a central part of his political legacy. There were his first-term cuts. And now the Republican has pushed through...
AFRICA/SUDAN - Insecurity and lack of services worsen the situation in the capital: teachers disagree in the reopening of schools
Fides
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July 1, 2025
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Internet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Most areas of Khartoum are without electricity and water, exacerbating the country's already precarious security situation and the lack of other services such as internet and...
US to deny visas to Ugandans seeking 'Birth Tourism'
GhanaWeb
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July 1, 2025
The US Mission in Uganda has issued a statement warning Ugandans planning to travel to the United States for the primary purpose of giving birth, stating that such practices are considered “birth tourism” and are not permitted under US immigration...
KSrelief Launches Vital Kidney Dialysis Project for Sudanese Patients in Egypt
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 1, 2025
Dozens of international charities and non-governmental organizations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty, called Tuesday for an Israeli and US-backed aid mechanism for Gaza to disband over repeated incidents of chaos and deadly...
Culture workers feel the pain of Sudan’s endless civil war
The Art Newspaper
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June 30, 2025
Sudan’s brutal civil war—driven by a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—has devastated the country for the past two years. UN and human rights organisations report war crimes,...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:48 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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What's open and closed on July Fourth Government offices, post offices, courts, and schools are closed for the Fourth of July in the U.S. U.S. stock markets and banks are also closed, with limited FedEx and UPS services. Costco is closed, but most...
U.S. Policy on Sudan Disproportionately Hurts Civilians
Truthdig
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June 30, 2025
As the war in Sudan enters its third year, experts, activists and other community members say recent U.S. foreign policy is hurting, not helping, civilians. This month, the Trump administration banned Sudanese nationals, in addition to 11 other...
Inside: Sheikh, known for sport and superyachts, also pushes UAE’s influence in Sudan, Libya
The New Zealand Herald
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June 30, 2025
And when Sudan’s conflict exploded, in April 2023, Mansour helped the general wage war. Charities controlled by Mansour set up a hospital, saying they were treating civilians. But that humanitarian effort was also a cover for the secret Emirati...
Ten things the UK could do if it truly cared about Palestinians
Middle East Eye
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July 5, 2025
Supporters of Israel frequently decry the alleged double standards applied to it, noting that Israel has been the subject of far more critical UN resolutions than any other nation. They argue that it suffers disproportionate international...
Sudanese civilians turn to wild plants for survival amid escalating hunger crisis
United News of Bangladesh
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As the conflict in Sudan grinds on, millions are battling severe food shortages, forcing many to survive on wild plants and weeds. With little else available, families boil these in salted water to stave off hunger. One retired schoolteacher, 60,...
Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries
The Korea Times
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June 30, 2025
Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said Monday. A Level 3 travel alert,...