Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir’s Northern Areas Gear Up for Gilgit-Baltistan Elections on June 7 Amid CPEC Shadows
GILGIT — After four months of anxious waiting and two earlier revisions, the Election Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan has finally set Sunday, June 7, as the polling date for the region’s general assembly elections. Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan confirmed the decision on Saturday, ending weeks of uncertainty that had left political parties and ordinary […]
Europe
Eighth Election in Five Years Tests Bulgaria’s Stability
Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday in their eighth parliamentary election in just five years, highlighting the country’s ongoing political instability and public frustration with corruption, according to Al Jazeera News. Polling stations opened early in the morning, with voters casting their ballots after months of unrest. The previous conservative-led government collapsed in December […]
Spain Immigration Workers Cancel Strike After Amnesty Deal
Spain Immigration Officers Call Off Strike After Amnesty Deal MADRID — Immigration officers across Spain have called off a planned strike after reaching an agreement with the government to ease their workload and raise pay, following the country’s bold new amnesty program for undocumented migrants, according to Euro News. The unions representing staff at immigration […]
International News
Pakistan Land Grabs in Bari Imam: Inactive Judiciary Offers No Safeguards for Public Rights
Pakistan’s Bari Imam Demolitions: A Human Cost to Urban Renewal Amid Claims of Land Grabbing ISLAMABAD — In the historic shadow of the 300-year-old Bari Imam shrine, bulldozers have carved a path of rubble through centuries-old villages. Families who once called these settlements home now sift through debris, salvaging what little remains of their lives. […]
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