Category: International

China and Canada have agreed to significantly ease punitive trade tariffs following a high-stakes meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, marking a notable thaw after years of diplomatic frost and economic retaliation, according to BBC News. Under the agreement, China will slash tariffs on Canadian canola oil […]

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has urgently requested the United Arab Emirates to roll over $2.5 billion in maturing debt for two years while slashing interest rates by nearly half, a move that underscores the nation’s precarious financial position as it struggles to attract foreign investment amid mounting political instability and systemic governance failures, according to The […]

A senior United Nations official issued a stark assessment of Gaza’s devastation on Thursday, describing conditions as “inhumane” and calling for immediate reconstruction efforts as a fragile ceasefire entered its second phase, according to Arab News. “I wouldn’t have imagined what I saw today, which is total destruction, not much is standing,” Jorge Moreira da […]

A Pakistani court has revoked bail and issued arrest warrants against prominent human rights lawyer Iman Mazari and activist Hadi Ali Chattha in a controversial social media case, intensifying concerns over a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and assembly in the country, according to APP. The decision was handed down Thursday by the District […]

PTI Condemns Punjab Police Action Outside Adiala Jail Amid Backlash Over Crackdown Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sharply condemned what it describes as a heavy-handed crackdown by the Punjab police outside Adiala Jail, escalating tensions between the opposition party and provincial authorities amid growing political unrest in Pakistan, according to Dawn News. The condemnation follows a […]

President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to acquire Greenland on Wednesday, declaring American control of the Arctic territory essential to his envisioned “Golden Dome” air and missile defense system, according to Hurriyet Daily News. “The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security,” Trump wrote on social media, adding that NATO would become […]

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is set to chair a high-level national security meeting Tuesday afternoon as the situation in Iran grows increasingly volatile amid sustained nationwide demonstrations and mounting casualties, according to Anadolu. According to a source familiar with the matter, Vance will convene the principals of the National Security Council at 4 p.m. […]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A deadly roadside bombing in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has killed seven police officers, underscoring the deepening crisis of militancy in the region and reigniting a bitter dispute between the provincial civilian government and the country’s powerful military over responsibility for the violence, according to The Nation. The […]

SEOUL — South Korea’s political reckoning with its recent past took a dramatic turn this week as an independent counsel formally sought the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of leading a rebellion through his short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024, according to Arab News. At a hearing on […]

Australia has relegated India to its most stringent visa assessment tier, imposing sweeping new documentary requirements on one of its largest international student markets in a move that threatens to reshape educational ties between the two nations, according to NDTV. Effective January 8, 2026, India now occupies Assessment Level 3, the highest risk classification in […]