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Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BERLIN - Germany said on Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.
'A trap' - Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» NEW YORK — In gloomy corridors outside a Manhattan courtroom, masked agents target and arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings -- part of United States President Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown.
David vs Goliath: Inside the legal battle to help Trump's deportees in El Salvador
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» SANTA TECLA — A small group of overstretched and outmatched lawyers is fighting for the rights of men deported by the Trump administration and held in a notorious Salvadoran prison -- a David vs Goliath battle that may end up in international courts.
UN says Ukraine peace talks must also deliver justice
AFP, Published on 15/07/2025
» GENEVA - The United Nations insisted on Tuesday that any peace talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine must include full accountability for the conflict’s litany of violations, following the deadliest month for civilians since May 2022.
Justice orders release of migrants deported to Costa Rica by Trump
AFP, Published on 25/06/2025
» SAN JOSé — A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants locked up in a shelter after being deported by the United States, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security.
Pro-Palestinian protest leader details 104 days spent in US custody
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, recounted his experience surviving 104 days in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after being targeted for deportation by the Trump administration.
Transnational sex traffickers arrested in Thailand
News, Published on 19/06/2025
» Two Singaporean men and a Thai man have been arrested in Thailand on charges of transnational trafficking of women for prostitution in the city-state.
Soft power: BTS fans rally behind Korean international adoptees
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» SEOUL — Korean pop (K-pop) megaband BTS is back from military service, and their international fandom -- long known for its progressive activism -- is celebrating by rallying behind a cause: adoptees from South Korea.
Solar cycle madness
Postbag, Published on 15/06/2025
» Re: "Poison from above", (PostBag, June 10) & "It's time to go geoengineering on climate issue", (Opinion, June 5).
Israel to expel French nationals on Gaza aid boat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was briefly put in solitary confinement.