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EU, Afghanistan Agree to Allow Readmission of Migrants

The EU has reached a deal with Afghanistan to sent back migrants whose protection applications were refused, DW reports.

As a summit in Brussels bringing together officials from 70 countries kicks off on Tuesday, the EU is expected to give the green light to EUR 1 B in yearly aid to Afghanistan by 2020.

Saudi petition seeks end to male guardianship of women

The petition calls for the kingdom's women to be treated "as a full citizen, and decide an age where she will be an adult and will be responsible for her own acts," said campaigner Aziza Al-Yousef.

The retired university professor told AFP that she had tried unsuccessfully to deliver the petition with 14,700 names to the Royal Court on Sept. 26.

British PM Cameron calls Nigeria and Afghanistan ‘fantastically corrupt’

Prime Minister David Cameron has been overheard describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen.

In comments that were caught by a microphone during a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, he said Nigeria and Afghanistan were two of the most corrupt countries in the world, as the Guardian reports.

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