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World - / Sep 28, 2026 - Child, forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan flagged at UN event - The impact of child and forced marriages on girls in Pakistan, particularly those from minority communities, was discussed at a side event during the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Speakers at the event raised

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World - / Sep 28, 2026 - 14-year-old Alabama college student could earn degree before turning 16 - Van-Houston McMillion is fourteen years old, an age when most children are settling into their first year of high school, yet he has just begun his sophomore year at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Alabama. He enrolled at twelve, becoming

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At least 13 dead in suicide bomb blast near police post in northwestern Pakistan

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Pakistan govt crackdown forces PTI retreat? Imran's party likely to postpone Sept 27 Islamabad march

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Fresh clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border: Report

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Pakistan appoints former army general Nauman Mahmood as first head of Mecca alliance

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Pakistan wants to be the Muslim world's security guard. Can its economy pay the bill?

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Two bodies recovered after deadly Himlung Himal avalanche; 10 remain missing in Nepal

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Nepal: 16 feared dead after avalanche buries Himlung Himal base camp under 15ft snow

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28 'fighters', mostly former Afghan security personnel, killed after crossing from Pakistan: Kabul

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Avalanche strikes Nepal's Himlung Himal base camp, 10 missing

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Bangladesh to replace planned sculptures at historic sites

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Plot 'exposed' by 999 call, bomb disposal robot, 5 arrests: What happened near US-run RAF base in UK

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5 held in UK for suspected plot to attack air base used by US

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5 arrested on suspicion of preparing terror attack near UK airbase used by US forces

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5 arrested near UK's RAF Fairford in explosives probe, US base on highest alert: Key details

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UK PM Burnham unveils 'Your First Home' scheme for first-time buyers

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In 1889, Switzerland opened the Pilatusbahn after Eduard Locher designed a new rack system that helped trains climb Mount Pilatus at gradients of up to 48%

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Three siblings in Essex cut down their neighbours' 33-foot Leylandii trees after a boundary row; the dispute ended with about £30,500 in damages and £178,668 in the neighbours' legal costs

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John George Adair built Glenveagh estate in 1857; 118 years later, its vast lands became Ireland's Glenveagh National Park

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Switzerland's neutrality test puts Nato ties, Russia sanctions at stake

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'Mobilizing myth': Why is Russia sending dead princes, saints into Ukraine battle

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Italy govt decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms

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Section of China's Great Wall damaged by two decades of illegal coal slag dumping

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In 1999, Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to farmer Yin Yuzhen to fund her tree-planting efforts in Inner Mongolia; 27 years later, his contribution helped transform China's Maowusu Desert into a forest of 50,000 trees

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China's coal mines generate billions of cubic metres of water; researchers say it could help cool data centres

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China's panda diplomacy: How Beijing uses exclusive animal to reinforce soft power

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Panda diplomacy: Xi announces 2 giant pandas for Atlanta zoo in US

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'US and China should coexist in peace': Xi meets Trump at White House on second state visit

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Netanyahu secretly visited UAE over weekend, asked Sheikh Mohamed to deny pre-Oct 7 attack warning: Report

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Netanyahu, holding ICC arrest warrant, wants to build case against Turkey's Erdogan; demands probe

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4 Iranian experts killed in Taiz as Yemen army unleashes 756-operation offensive against Houthis

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US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'clearly desperate'

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'Will never bow our head': Iran embassy invokes Baahubali to echo Pezeshkian's defiant UN speech

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'American terrorist army': Iran claims second US submarine seized in Hormuz

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Saudi Arabia arrests over 13,600 residency, labour law violators in week-long crackdown

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Iran warns of renewed US attack, says it is 'ready to inflict greater damage'

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Thailand floods: Over 545,000 affected across 25 provinces, Bangkok remains waterlogged

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Watch: Nepal hillside collapses in seconds, sweeps away houses in Baglung; 10 killed

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South Africa's degraded Eastern Cape is getting 180 million spekboom plants; the restoration project is expected to create 11,000 jobs

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Pakistanis turned to rooftop solar as power bills soared; it has now saved $12 billion in fuel imports

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Over 30 killed in 3 separate attacks overnight in South Africa shootings; manhunt launched

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South Korea accuses Ukraine of breaching secrecy over North Korean POW transfer

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Aleksandar Vucic steps down as Serbia's president, eyes prime minister's post in October election

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An Australian family thought they owned a piece of land for decades; 65 years after its registered owner died, they had to bid for it at auction

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At least 12 killed after vessel overturns in DR Congo

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A 14-year-old Georgia student scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT after taking college-level courses; Ashrit Talluri of Fulton County achieved the maximum score while still in an age group far younger than typical SAT test-takers

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