(2025-12-14). Arrests of Afghan asylum seekers rise across US: report. tribune.com.pk 1701351241-1/Afghan-refugees-(3)1701351241-1.jpeg)
Arrests and detentions of Afghan asylum seekers have increased across the United States, including individuals who were awaiting immigration court hearings and complying with official requirements, The Guardian reported on Friday. | The development has raised alarm among lawyers and rights groups, who warn that the sudden detentions have created fear and insecurity within Afghan refugee communities. | According to the report, the arrests are no longer limited to routine immigration check-ins. In several cases, Afghan asylum seekers were detained directly from their communities. | In northern California alone,…
(2025-12-14). Have your say on White Paper on Citizenship. sanews.gov.za Have your say on White Paper on Citizenship | The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has encouraged South Africans to submit written comments on the Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. ⚪ The Draft Revised White Paper outlines a vision for the most fundamental reform to South Africa's citizenship, immigration and refugee protection frameworks in a generation. ⚪ "It is designed to clamp down on fraud and abuse, enhance national security, improve service delivery, and promote economic development. ⚪ "Members of the public are encouraged to provide their inputs…
(2025-12-14). Visa Applicants Alert! US Old Vs New Immigration Photograph Reuse Rules, Exceptions You Must Know. menafn.com (MENAFN – Live Mint) The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy guidance "to address a change in the agency's photograph reuse policy."It tightens rules on photographs …
(2025-12-14). FIA stops passenger at Islamabad airport using brother's passport. tribune.com.pk 
The Immigration Unit of the Federal Investigation Agency apprehended a passenger from boarding a flight at Islamabad International Airport on Sunday after he attempted to travel to Italy using his brother's passport and resident card. | According to a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) spokesperson, the passenger, identified as Muhammad Arslan, was travelling on flight TK751 and was found suspicious during immigration clearance. | Further checks revealed he had presented the passport and residence card of his brother, Muhammad Imran. | The passenger has been handed over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in…
(2025-12-14). French farmers block roads over cow disease cull. tribune.com.pk 
Thousands of farmers in southwestern France blocked roads and set fire to bales of hay Saturday to protest the culling of cows due to a skin disease, as the government said one million cattle would be vaccinated. | French farmers have been angry over what they see as the government's heavy-handed response to an outbreak of nodular dermatitis, widely known as lumpy skin disease. | On Friday, veterinarians slaughtered a herd of more than 200 cows in the village of Les Bordes-sur-Arize near the Spanish border after discovering a single case of the sickness. Police had to disperse angry farmers as they escorted in…
(2025-12-14). Thousands Protest Orbán-Linked Abuse Cases In Budapest. eurasiareview.com By Nikolaus J. Kurmayer | ( The shocking revelations come just four months ahead of national elections, with Orbán's dominant right-wing Fidesz movement confronting its most serious opposition challenge in years. | Orbán r…
(2025-12-14). Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest. tribune.com.pk 
Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on US children's gaming platform Roblox, a rare show of public dissent as popular irritation over the ban gains some momentum. | In wartime Russia, censorship is extensive: Moscow blocks or restricts social media platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and YouTube while distributing its own narrative through a network of social media and Russian media. | Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on December 3 it had blocked Roblox because it was "rife with inappropriate content that can negati…
(2025-12-14). Tunisian police clash with youths in Kairouan after man's death. newarab.com 
Clashes erupted for a second night on Saturday between police and youths in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan after a man died following a police chase, according to his family, fuelling authorities' fears that protests could spread across the country. | As
(2025-12-14). Belarus Frees 123 Political Prisoners In Deal With US In Latest Bid To Mend Ties. eurasiareview.com Belarus's authoritarian government has freed 123 prisoners after Washington indicated it was lifting sanctions on Belarusian fertilizer exports, the latest step in Minsk's efforts to repair ties with the West after years of isolation. | The US mediator, Belarusian media, human rights watchdogs, and Ukrainian officials reported that President Aleksandr Lukashenko had pardoned 123 prisoners, including some prominent opposition figures. | Those freed include 2020 protest leader Maryya Kalesnikava and Nobel laureate Ales Byalyatski as well as citizens of several countries. One American was released, an unnamed US…
(2025-12-14). US Regime Change Front Funded Nepalese Youth Revolutionaries. popularresistance.org The US government's National Endowment for Democracy (NED) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars tutoring dozens of Nepalese youth on "strategies and skills in organizing protests and demonstrations" prior to a violent coup which overthrew the government of Nepal in September 2025, leaked documents show. | The documents reveal a clandestine campaign organized by an NED division known as the International Republican Institute (IRI) that sought to cultivate a Nepalese "network" of young political activists explicitly designed to "become an important force to support US interests."