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Afghanistan |
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| 1. | Afghanistan says its forces hit militant hideouts in Pakistan, Islamabad denies claim |
| 2. | Afghan Taliban hold first, closed-door talks with EU on deportations
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/23/afghan-taliban-eu-talks-deportations/ |
| 3. | EU officials discreetly meet Taliban in Brussels to speed up Afghan deportations |
| 4. | Signing of the contract for the Aibak cement project worth $67 million in Samangan |
| 5. | Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation |
| 6. | Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices |
| 7. | The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/destination/afghanistan
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| 8. | EU-Taliban talks spark debate over normalizing Taliban rule |
| 9. | Belgium issues visas to IEA delegation for EU migration meeting
https://pajhwok.com/2026/06/23/belgium-issues-visas-to-iea-delegation-for-eu-migration-talks/ |
| 10. | Nutrition Situation Alert: Worsening Nutrition Situation in Afghanistan Nutrition Cluster https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/nutrition-situation-alert-worsening-nutrition-situation-afghanistan |
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Middle East |
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| 11. | Iran Football Team Faces Travel Restrictions During FIFA World Cup |
| 12. | Israel Continues Attacks on Lebanon Despite Ceasefire Agreement |
| 13. | Israelis and Lebanese Question Whether New Hezbollah Deal Can End War |
| 14. | Iran Agrees to UN Nuclear Inspections Under US-Iran Understanding
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/22/iran-us-talks-progress-pakistan-qatar-lebanon-israel |
| 15. | The United States and Iran Sign the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding |
| 16. | President Masoud Pezeshkian Calls for United Muslim Security Framework |
| 17. | Without its missiles, Iran would be ‘just like Gaza,’ president Pezeshkian says |
| 18. | Gulf oil tanker rates nearly double as Middle East producers ramp up exports. |
| 19. | Iran’s top diplomat speaks with Hamas |
| 20. | Vance says talks with Iranian officials set ‘good foundation’ for a deal to end the war. |
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Africa |
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| 21. | UN warns of worsening Ebola outbreak and El-Niño-driven hunger threat |
| 22. | Burkina Faso: Rights groups urge release of
disappeared journalist |
| 23. | Amnesty slams EU migration cooperation with ‘racist’
Libya https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/24/amnesty-slams-eu-migration-cooperation-with-racist-libya/ |
| 24. | Niger pulls out of International Criminal Court after calling it
neo-colonialist https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9320gn4k6vo
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| 25. | Africa can end Aids on its own terms. Will the world back
us to finish the job? |
| 26. | Seven European countries urge ‘immediate
halt’ to Sudan violence |
| 27. | Ghana conference calls for formal apology
for transatlantic slave trade |
| 28. | 10,000 infected in major cholera outbreak in northern
Nigeria |
| 29. | England held by Ghana at World Cup as pair close on last-32
passage |
