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‘If I was in Iran, they’re going to kill me’ Telling her story for the first time, Nika says she spent much of her youth protesting against the Iranian regime. “I lost too much of my friends. They the Islamic Republic] killed them. And some of them are still in prison, she said tearfully. I know if I was in Iran, they’re going to kill me. Her story unfolds at a remarkable time in US-Iran relations. Earlier this year, Iran was rocked by widespread anti-government protests. The regime launched an unprecedented crackdown, killing thousands. President Donald Trump encouraged protesters to take over your institutions and said, help is on its way. On the last day of February, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacking targets across the country. Nika followed the events closely from the United States. She allowed herself to hope it might mean the end of the Iranian regime, and a return home. In reality her fate had already been decided.

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She fled Iran. America sent her to Africa Bangui, Central African Republic — “It’s okay now, I’m safe,” she remembered thinking. “I can make one new life here.” She described her joy at reaching “one of the best countries in the world,” but her happiness would prove fleeting. Nika is among a growing number of migrants deported by the Trump administration to countries they’ve never been to – countries that can hardly be considered safe havens. It’s a loophole. Judges have stopped the US government from sending some migrants back to their home countries. So it has inked dozens of arrangements with third countries, where people like Nika are increasingly festering. Because she fears for both her and her family’s safety, Nika is a pseudonym.

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Vanness Wu defends wife after she’s accused of faking age and academic background Ever since Taiwanese-American singer Vanness Wu, 47, announced his marriage to Japanese singer Emi Aramaki in June, there has been plenty of interest in his wife. And now, Aramaki has found herself at the centre of some less-than-flattering attention. She has been accused of lying about her age and educational background. According to Taiwanese media Next Apple News, a reader tipped them off, claiming Aramaki had been presented as a 35-year-old graduate of University College London (UCL), but that alumni were unable to find any record of her. Photos of Aramaki attending social gatherings with students from prestigious British universities, including the University of Cambridge and King’s College London, between 2015 and 2016 have also reportedly circulated online.

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Filipino crowd too noisy? Bencic says she prefers that over quiet ones She said that under the country's extradition treaty with the US, the Philippine government has two options in dealing with Quiboloy's case. "It's either Pastor Quiboloy will remain here while facing trial here in the Philippines or the charges against him will be suspended temporarily and he will be extradited and be sent to the US," Castro said. The Philippines signed an extradition treaty with the United States in November 1994.

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