Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir: Mountains Under Siege; Cloudbursts Batter Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit’s Fragile Lifelines Wash Away in Flash Floods The mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, long celebrated for their majesty, are increasingly becoming a landscape of vulnerability. Last Saturday, violent cloudbursts sent flash floods tearing through Ghizer and Hunza, blocking the Karakoram Highway, smashing homes, and drowning orchards that families had tended for generations. In Naubahar village, the […]
Europe
AfD Breaks the Firewall: Far-Right Wins Saxony-Anhalt
MAGDEBURG: Exit polls on Sunday handed Germany’s far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) a landmark victory in Saxony-Anhalt, marking the first time since World War II that a far right party has topped a state election. The AfD drew 44.5 percent of the vote, more than double the 18.5 percent for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s centre […]
Outside the EU, Inside Controversy: The Return Hub Plan
Five-Nation Push for Overseas Return Hubs Sparks Rights Fears Copenhagen: Denmark plans to open the first migrant deportation centers outside the European Union as early as next year, according to Danish Migration Minister Morten Bødskov. The facilities, dubbed “Return Hubs,” are being developed by a five-nation group within the EU that includes Austria, Germany, Denmark, […]
International News
GSP+ at Risk as EU Seeks Stronger Compliance from Pakistan
Pakistan Faces Uphill Battle to Retain EU Trade Benefits ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s future access to a vital European Union trade scheme is facing a serious test, with the EU warning that the country’s GSP+ benefits cannot be taken for granted. The warning comes as the current Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) framework approaches the end […]
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