Student protests coming to Serbia this weekend, US Democrats release incomplete election autopsy, Washington to move troops to Poland

Students keep the pressure on ruling party in Serbia

Student protesters will take to the streets in Serbia this weekend in the first major demonstrations this year against President Aleksandar Vučić. Students have become a significant political force in Serbia over the last two years: in 2025, then-Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigned after anti‑corruption protests led by…

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PTI says all united behind Imran as insiders claim internal rifts

• Waqas Akram insists difference of opinion part of political process
• Rejects social media campaign against party
• Insiders complain about lack of unified strategy amid ‘multiple centres of influence’

ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of internal rifts, leadership crisis and serious differences within the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) over its policies, the party has stressed that its leadership,…

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Barbs fly in Senate over PTI founder’s health, access to political prisoners

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday witnessed a war of words over the health and treatment of PTI founder Imran Khan and the conditions of political prisoners, with opposition members demanding an independent committee to visit jails and the government advising legal recourse for any relief.

PTI Senator Azam Swati said the PTI founder had “lost sight in one eye” and called on the state to grant him…

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In letter to CJP, jailed PTI leaders seek early hearing of appeals pending before LHC ‘for last 8 months’

LAHORE: Several jailed PTI leaders have written to Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi, seeking the early hearing of appeals against their convictions in a May 9 riots case, it emerged on Monday.

On July 22, 2025, a Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sentenced Yasmin Rashid, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed and others to 10 years in prison in a case related to…

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Iranians’ difficult choice: silence or death threats

US President Donald Trump, as he launched an attack on Iran with Israel, addressed Iranians, calling on them to seize the opportunity to overthrow the regime, but this may turn out to be almost impossible, writes the BBC. Over the past two weeks, Iranians have received conflicting messages about the consequences of their actions. Encouragement […]

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Death threats sent to thousands of Basij members: "We know what you did"

An anonymous actor sent thousands of coordinated death threats to Iranian Basij militia members, warning them their crimes had been documented – as the regime issued its own shoot-to-kill orders against protesters.

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May 9 riots: Rawalpindi ATC sentences 47 PTI leaders, supporters to 10 years in GHQ attack case

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Saturday sentenced 47 proclaimed offenders, including prominent PTI leaders Hammad Azhar, Omar Ayub and Zartaj Gul, to 10 years in prison in the May 9 GHQ attack case.

District and Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Shah, who presided over ATC No. 1, penned a 16-page detailed judgment, which is available with _Dawn_.

The convicts included Senator…

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Iran, US hold talks in Geneva in push to avert war

Iran and the United States held talks in Switzerland on Thursday, in a last-ditch bid to avert war under the shadow of the biggest American military build-up in the Middle East in decades.

The Oman-mediated discussions follow repeated threats from Donald Trump to strike Iran, with the US president last Thursday giving Tehran 15 days to reach a deal.

The US and Iranian delegations arrived at the…

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Iran-US talks mediated by Oman begin in Geneva in push to avert war

Iran and the United States began indirect talks in Switzerland on Thursday, a last-ditch bid to avert war following the biggest American military build-up in the Middle East in decades.

The Oman-mediated discussions follow repeated threats from Donald Trump to strike Iran, with the US president last Thursday giving Tehran 15 days to reach a deal.

The US and Iranian delegations arrived at the…

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US presses missile issue as new Iran talks to open in Geneva

The United States and Iran are set to hold indirect talks in Switzerland on Thursday, aiming to strike a deal to avert fresh conflict and bring an end to weeks of threats.

The new round of negotiations in Geneva comes after the US carried out a massive military build-up in the region and President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if a deal is not reached.

In his State of the…

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Iran FM says agreed with US ‘on guiding principles’ for deal

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday the latest talks with the United States saw them agree on “a set of guiding principles” that would pave the way for a deal.

“Ultimately, we were able to reach broad agreement on a set of guiding principles, based on which we will move forward and begin working on the text of a potential agreement,” Araghchi told state TV.

“I can say that,…

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Khamenei says US ‘will not succeed’ in destroying Iran

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump would not succeed in destroying the Islamic republic, as talks between the two countries took place in Geneva.

“In one of his recent speeches, the US president said that for 47 years America has not succeeded in destroying the Islamic republic … I tell you: you will not succeed either,” Khamenei said in a…

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Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump’s racist monkey clip

Former US president Barack Obama criticised a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding on Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys.

In a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released on Saturday, Obama also compared the…

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The Road to Prairieland : The Crackdown on Anti-ICE Activists in Texas Reflects a Pattern of Intensifying Repression

On July 4, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Center, a facility imprisoning immigrants facing deportation proceedings. When the police responded, gunfire erupted, with one officer reportedly being injured. Today, nineteen people—some of whom apparently neither participated in the demonstration nor set foot anywhere near the Prairieland Detention…

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Trump meets Netanyahu, with US-Iran nuclear diplomacy topping agenda

United States President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, with the latter expected to press him to widen talks with Iran to include limits on Tehran’s missile arsenal and other security threats beyond its nuclear programme.

In his seventh meeting with Trump since the president returned to office nearly 13 months ago, Netanyahu was…

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US will have to do ‘something very tough’ if no deal reached with Iran, says Trump

The United States will have to do “something very tough” if a deal is not reached with Iran, President Donald Trump told Israel’s _Channel 12_ in an interview published online on Tuesday.

“Either we reach a deal, or we’ll have to do something very tough,” it quoted Trump as saying.

Trump has said he is considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, _Axios_ and _Channel 12_…

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Iran warns of ‘destructive’ influence on diplomacy ahead of Netanyahu’s US trip

Iran on Tuesday warned of “destructive” influence on diplomacy ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran.

“Our negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to the region,” said Iranian foreign ministry…

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Iran says it could dilute enriched uranium if all sanctions are lifted

Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its position at talks with Washington.

US and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after US President Donald Trump positioned a naval…

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Iran FM looks to more nuclear talks, but warns US against any attack

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday he hoped talks with the United States would resume soon, while reiterating Tehran’s red lines and warning against any American attack.

According to excerpts published on his official Telegram channel during an interview with the _Al Jazeera_ network, Araghchi said that Iran’s missile programme was “never negotiable” in Friday’s talks in…

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