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Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement

Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as ‘dehumanising process’A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.The deported people would stay in the east African country as “a transition phase for potential onward transmission...

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Burkina Faso military, allies committing ‘horrific’ civilian abuses: HRW

More than 1,800 civilians have been killed by the army and armed groups since 2023, Human Rights Watch says.

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Pakistan to continue with Iran-US mediation despite ‘obstacles’

Islamabad's statement follows Trump threatening to bomb Iran 'back to the Stone Ages'.

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Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement

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Burkina Faso military, allies committing ‘horrific’ civilian abuses: HRW

More than 1,800 civilians have been killed by the army and armed groups since 2023, Human Rights Watch says.

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Pakistan to continue with Iran-US mediation despite ‘obstacles’

Islamabad's statement follows Trump threatening to bomb Iran 'back to the Stone Ages'.

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Women’s Asian Cup finalists accuse governing body over equal money

Japan and Australia renew calls for pay parity with men's football, as former also sack coach Nils Nielsen.

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Trump makes case for Iran war. And, SCOTUS leans toward upholding birthright citizenship

President Trump addressed the nation last night, making his case for war with Iran. And, the Supreme Court majority seemed inclined to rule against the Trump administration on birthright citizenship.

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On Maundy Thursday, Cebu archbishop links faith and service

‘Jesus showed that true love kneels. True love serves. True love is not afraid to get its hands dirty,’ Cebu Archbishop Alberto Uy says on Maundy Thursday

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