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Untangling Iran’s protest narratives through first-hand accounts

SportsJanuary 29, 2026

WHEN US President Donald Trump declared on January 9 that the Iranian city of Mashhad had “fallen” to “million” protesters, Davood Moradian was there and what he witnessed, he says, was something far ...

India afraid peace board may try to ‘resolve Kashmir’

NewsJanuary 27, 2026

• Diplomats, press divided over New Delhi’s perceived reluctance to join Trump-led body• Given his propensity to paint himself as a global peacemaker, The Hindu warns US president may offer to mediate...

Pentagon bought device thought to be linked to Havana Syndrome: CNN

HealthJanuary 14, 2026

THE Defence Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US...

After Venezuela, Colombia fears US military action

NewsJanuary 10, 2026

After the United States forces recently carried out a raid in Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolas Maduro, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has said that he believed there was now a “real threa...

No keyboards or screens, just unparalleled computing power

TechnologyJanuary 9, 2026

THE cutting edge of the frontier of the world, of technology, of growth may sound like science fiction, but it is rapidly becoming economic fact. Inside a Google facility in Santa Barbara, California ...

Trump ‘threatens’ Mexico, Cuba, Colombia next

NewsJanuary 5, 2026

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump issued blunt warnings to the leaders of Colombia, Mexico and Cuba hours after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, signalling that the operation could precede...

Indian court strikes down key Muslim property law clauses

NewsSeptember 16, 2025

India’s Supreme Court has suspended key provisions of a controversial new law that changes how properties donated by Muslims are owned and managed in the country. The Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 was cri...

West Bank fears reprisals after deadly Jerusalem shooting

NewsSeptember 9, 2025

KARACHI: At least eight people — including two attackers — were kil­l­ed after a deadly shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said, as the occupied West Bank braced itself fo...

US warns of additional tariffs on India if Trump-Putin peace talks fail

BusinessAugust 15, 2025

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Washington could increase secondary tariffs on India, the BBC reported on Thursday. He said the decision would depend on the outcome of President Do...

Pakistan’s outreach to Trump ‘rattles’ India, says Financial Times

BusinessAugust 12, 2025

PAKISTAN’s recent diplomatic engagements with the administration of United States President Donald Trump have led to a marked improvement in bilateral ties and drawn a strong reaction from India, the ...

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