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Fifteen illegal workers arrested in Bristol
Bristol Post
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September 2, 2025
Shannon Brown Reporter 19:15, 02 Sep 2025 The Home Office has arrested 15 people it says were illegally working at a Bristol solar farm. The department's Immigration Enforcement team arrested the group of men at Goldbeck Solar Farm on Thursday,...
Three Stages of Moving to a Foreign Country
Yale Daily News - Connecticut
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September 5, 2025
Clarissa Tan A breakup takes five stages of grief to return to normalcy. Moving to a new country has only three. As a temporary expat in Uzbekistan this past summer, I experienced the honeymoon phase, a period of frustration and, finally,...
Iranian entrepreneurs attend SCO Youth Forum
Tehran Times
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September 6, 2025
TEHRAN – Two young Iranian entrepreneurs have participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Youth Forum to open up new opportunities for collaborations in innovative and technological fields like artificial intelligence and digital...
Iran turns mass grave of 1979 revolution execution victims into a parking lot
The Times of Israel
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September 6, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A desert-like patch of sand and scrawny trees in the largest cemetery in Iran’s capital has been the final resting place for decades for some of the thousands killed in the mass executions that followed Iran’s...
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif breaks silence on India-Russia relations, says Putin is a...
India.com
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September 2, 2025
Home News Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif breaks silence on India-Russia relations, says Putin is a… Pakistan PM Sharif has said that Pakistan was eager to expand ties with Russia in “trade connectivity, energy, agriculture, investment, defence,...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Held a Meeting Resembling a Show of Force
UzDaily
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The foundations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) were laid in 1996 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan within the framework of border security and economic cooperation....
Korea, Central Asia talk ICT
Korea Herald
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September 2, 2025
Korea and Central Asian nations explored ways to strengthen information and communications technology cooperation at the Korea-Central Asia Policy Roundtable on Friday. Hosted by the secretariat of the Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, the...
Sandesh Jhingan Suffers Cheekbone Fracture at CAFA Nations Cup 2025, Under Expert Medical Care in Goa, Says AIFF
Latestly
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September 5, 2025
Mumbai, September 5: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and FC Goa said in a joint statement on Friday that Indian defender Sandesh Jhingan suffered a cheekbone fracture during India’s CAFA Nations Cup 2025 match against Iran. Jhingan...
Top 10 countries UK tourists mostly avoid because they 'speak little English'
Wales Online
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September 6, 2025
Experts looked at the countries where locals can't master the English language as Brits reconsider their travel plans British holidaymakers often avoid countries with the poorest English proficiency in the world. A study by language school EF...
Dubai's secret sex trade - and the British men who fuel it - exposed: In a special investigation, GUY ADAMS meets the women selling their bodies who tell him what really happens... and exactly who is paying them for sex
Daily Mail
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September 6, 2025
The Elite Byblos Hotel is a five-star establishment in Dubai’s upscale Al Barsha neighbourhood with a rooftop pool and 337 rooms which, says its website, ‘exude a sense of opulence and grandeur’. Situated opposite the Mall Of The Emirates – a...
The Spirit of Shanghai
Strategic Culture
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September 2, 2025
Geographically and geopolitically speaking, the SCO is gradually creating a protective cordon around the Rimland vis-à-vis the Heartland. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Shaping the world anew From its...
SCO Calls for Inclusive Government in Afghanistan to Ensure Lasting Peace
Khaama Press
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September 2, 2025
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (CSO) called for the establishment of an inclusive Afghanistan government, emphasizing that participation of all ethnic and political groups is essential for lasting peace and stability. The Shanghai...
UPSC Issue at a Glance | SCO Summit 2025 and India: 4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains
The Indian Express
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September 5, 2025
UPSC Issue at a Glance is an initiative by UPSC Essentials aimed at streamlining your UPSC Current Affairs preparation for the prelims and mains examinations by focusing on issues making headlines. This week, we provide an overview of the Shanghai...
Emomali Rahmon signs decree on autumn conscription
Asia Plus
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15:30, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Young people born in 1998-2007 are subject to conscription. President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has signed a decree on autumn conscription, which will begin on October 1 and last until November 30, the press...
Iran-China ties are ‘flourishing’: FM Spox.
Mehr News Agency
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September 1, 2025
In an interview with China’s official news agency Xinhua ahead of the SCO summit taking place from Sunday to Monday in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, Baghaei highlighted the two countries’ shared historical bond of culture and civilization....
Stepfather was punished after a child's video message about domestic violence in Khatlon
Asia Plus
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14:27, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The Khatlon Regional Court sentenced Sangali Gayratov, a 27-year-old resident of the Khamadoni district, to 15 days in custody. The basis was a video message from his 12-year-old stepdaughter, posted on social media,...
The odd deaths of opponents in the Pamir region
Asia News
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August 28, 2025
In Tajikistan, human rights groups accuse the Tajik government of grave abuses in its crackdown against protests in the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Region. They point to the deaths of four jailed activists in recent months. Prisoners in the rebel...
Turkmenistan to Send Tents, Food, Other Aid to Afghanistan; Quake Toll Rises
Times of Central Asia
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September 4, 2025
Turkmenistan plans to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as the death toll from an earthquake there increased to more than 2,200, Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Thursday. Rashid Muradov, Turkmenistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign...
A city within a city: Inside Uzbekistan’s largest tourism project
Euronews
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September 5, 2025
By Rushana Aliakbarova Published on 05/09/2025 - 9:46 GMT+2 On the outskirts of Samarkand, on what was once a stretch of desert land surrounding an Olympic rowing canal, rises one of Central Asia’s most ambitious tourism projects. The Silk...
Uzbek Fighters in Russia’s War Face Relatively Mild Punishments at Home
The Diplomat
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September 4, 2025
Uzbek mass media have been reporting on Uzbek nationals who fought in the Russia-Ukraine war as mercenaries, based on court documents from trials. The reports reveal certain patterns. Labor migrants, often already serving prison terms or facing...