Category: International

Two day negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and US fail to yield agreement whilst deadly attacks persist on Ukrainian cities The gleaming conference rooms of Abu Dhabi witnessed another chapter in the seemingly interminable search for peace in Eastern Europe this weekend, as negotiators from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States concluded two days of talks […]

Lawyers Imaan Mazari and husband Hadi Ali Chattha convicted under controversial cyber crime laws as judiciary faces accusations of military influence ISLAMABAD – In a verdict that has sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s legal community, human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, were sentenced to seventeen years in prison by an […]

Pakistani Prime Minister faces fierce backlash as government joins American peace initiative alongside Israel, abandoning decades of solidarity with Palestine When Shehbaz Sharif affixed his signature to Donald Trump’s Board of Peace charter in Davos last week, he may not have anticipated the storm brewing back home, according to NDTV. The Pakistani Prime Minister’s endorsement […]

British counter-terrorism police are investigating a series of targeted attacks against two Pakistani dissidents living in the United Kingdom, raising fresh concerns about the safety of political exiles on British soil, according to Dawn News. According to a report by The Guardian, Scotland Yard’s counter terrorism command took over the case after four attacks that […]

GENEVA — The United Nations’ top human rights official has issued a pointed warning to the United States, urging the Trump administration to bring its sweeping immigration enforcement campaign back in line with international law and basic civil liberties amid mounting reports of abuses, according to Reuters. In a statement released Friday, Volker Türk, the […]

ISLAMABAD – In a dramatic incident that has sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s legal community, human rights advocates Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were forcibly apprehended by Islamabad police on Friday whilst travelling to district court proceedings. The arrest occurred near the Serena Hotel underpass, where police officers allegedly smashed the couple’s vehicle windows before […]

In a stern diplomatic rebuke, India on Thursday condemned what it termed an egregious act of vandalism at its embassy in Zagreb, while Croatian authorities vowed swift prosecution of those responsible for the brazen incursion, according to Dawn News. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs issued a sharply worded statement decrying the “trespassing and vandalism” […]

An exclusive, invitation only dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos unraveled into a diplomatic spectacle Tuesday night after remarks by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sharply criticizing Europe provoked open backlash from the audience. Among those who reportedly left the room in protest was Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), […]

At the United Nations, Pakistan has sharply criticised India for what it described as the deliberate “weaponisation” of water, warning that unilateral actions over shared rivers threaten regional stability and the survival of millions downstream, according to The Nation. Speaking at a UN-affiliated roundtable on global water scarcity, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan’s acting permanent representative, […]

For sixty-six years, the communist fortress in Havana has withstood America’s fiercest storms, from the doomed Bay of Pigs invasion to decades of crushing economic embargoes,according to NDTV. Now, flush with confidence after toppling Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump believes the moment has arrived to finish what President Kennedy couldn’t accomplish in the […]