Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800 and injures another 2,500 as rescuers search rubble for survivors Officials warn death toll could rise as rescue efforts hampered by landslides The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
‘The walls collapsed around me’: Afghans describe quake devastation People tell of losing children and other relatives and of digging their way out of the rubble after the disaster The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
Earthquake In Afghan Village Leaves No Family Untouched No household was spared death or injury in the village of Wadir when a powerful earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan, reducing homes to piles of rubble. International Business Times · Sep 1, 2025
Paying Taliban to take migrants ‘might be sensible transaction’, says Tice Reform UK said it would set aside £2 billion to secure returns agreements with foreign governments. Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025
Rescue efforts underway as Afghan earthquake leaves hundreds dead Communities in eastern Afghanistan are rallying together after a major earthquake levelled homes and villages, leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured. Radio France Internationale · Sep 1, 2025
Afghanistan Earthquake Today: Death Toll Tops 600 While Doctors Treat One Patient Every 5 Minutes A powerful 6.0 earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 600 and injures 1,500, as overwhelmed hospitals treat one patient every five minutes. International Business Times UK · Sep 1, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake mapped: At least 800 dead as houses reduced to rubble Entire homes were reduced to rubble in mountain districts as rescuers struggle to reach people The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
At least 800 dead after magnitude-6 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan Rescuers try to reach people trapped under mud and debris while hampered by destroyed roads and steep terrain The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
Villages wiped out in Afghanistan as earthquake kills more than 620 people IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
An earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills more than 620 people The Taliban government says an earthquake destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan and killed at least 620 people The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
Afghanistan Earthquake Kills More Than 600 A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in the impoverished nation, killing more than 600 people, the interior ministry said. International Business Times · Sep 1, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake latest: At least 800 dead and 2,500 injured as rescuers search rubble for survivors Rescue operations still underway as officials say several villages are completely destroyed The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
How can the International Criminal Court achieve justice for women? Some say the law / ought not to bend. // That it should be a neutral, / certain thing. // But there are reasons / judgement and interpretation / are bequeathed / to human / – humane – / hearts, and heads. The Conversation · Aug 31, 2025
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025 Labour must debunk Farage’s migrant myths Letters: We are on the road to serious racial conflict, says Simon Rew. Plus letters from Paula Jones, Raj Parkash, Kevin Lloyd, Dr Ian Flintoff and Robert McNulty
International Business Times · Aug 29, 2025 Cash-strapped Taliban Look To Airspace For Windfall Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan's airspace.
The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025 Taliban blames Pakistan for airstrikes that kill 3 people in eastern Afghanistan Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Pakistani airstrikes have killed three civilians and wounded seven others in two eastern provinces of Afghanistan
Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025 Government must ‘go further and faster’ to prevent repeat of Afghan data breach Ministers have been urged to implement all recommendations of a 2023 review into public sector data leaks, published for the first time on Thursday.
Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025 Immigration minister dismisses Reform immigration plans as ‘gimmicks’ Seema Malhotra says Government’s plans to speed up asylum applications will reduce need for hotels.
International Business Times UK · Aug 27, 2025 Taliban Say Farage is Easier to Work With Vs Labour, 'Ready and Willing' to Accept Deported Afghans A senior Taliban official says Afghanistan is ready to accept deported migrants under Nigel Farage's Reform UK leadership, citing easier dealings with him than Labour.
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 Farage insists women will be deported under Reform plan to remove 600,000 people The Reform leader announced the plan saying that anyone arriving in the UK illegally would be detained and deported.
The Conversation · Aug 27, 2025 Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important The upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, will be the organisation’s largest gathering of heads of state to date. It comes at a time when the existing liberal international order is rapidly disintegrating. But rather than offering a concrete…
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 Elon Musk backs Tommy Robinson and blasts Nigel Farage as Reform pledges to deport 600,000 migrants The SpaceX billionaire branded Farage ‘weak sauce who will do nothing’ in a scathing attack
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 Farage branded ‘disastrous’ and ‘damaging’ by SNP over immigration plans Stephen Gethins hit out after the Reform UK leader unveiled plans to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers in a year.
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 Tories would ‘potentially’ strike returns deal with Taliban, says party chairman Kevin Hollinrake’s comments come after Nigel Farage raised the possibility of Reform UK negotiating a returns agreement with the Afghan government.