Category: International

In a rare show of independence, the United States House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that would end President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, signaling growing discomfort among Republicans with his trade policies, according to Al Jazeera. The vote was close and deeply political. In total, 219 lawmakers supported the bill, […]

India is opening its checkbook wide. The country approved a massive $40 billion military upgrade Thursday, rushing to replace fighter jets lost in last year’s devastating clash with Pakistan, according to The Express Tribune. The centerpiece? An order for 114 French Rafale fighter jets, with the majority to be manufactured on Indian soil. Defense officials […]

Behind the cold walls of Adiala Jail, Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan is fighting a battle beyond politics this time, for his eyesight, according to The Nation. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party dropped a bombshell Thursday: their imprisoned founder has lost nearly all vision in his right eye, allegedly due to deliberate medical neglect during his […]

In a rare moment of brutal honesty, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif stood before his nation’s parliament and spoke the words many had thought but few dared say: America used Pakistan, then tossed it aside like trash, according to NDTV. His admission cuts deep. Speaking to the National Assembly, Asif didn’t mince words about his […]

TEHRAN — Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, warned that US military bases in the region would be targeted if Washington launches a military attack on Iran, according to Mehr News Agency. His remarks came during an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday while visiting Qatar. Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, […]

Fifteen Palestinian families packed up what they could carry and left their homes Wednesday, driven out not by war but by the steady encroachment of Israeli settlers who’ve made staying simply impossible, according to Arab News. The families, all members of the Al-Ara’ra clan, had called the As-Satih area near Deir Al-Dik their home; a […]

Russia isn’t happy about the growing military interest in Greenland, and Moscow is making sure everyone knows it, according to AFP. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivered a clear warning to Western powers Wednesday: if Greenland gets militarized with forces aimed at Russia, Moscow will respond in kind including with military measures. “Of course, in the […]

GENEVA: At least 53 migrants are feared dead or missing after a small boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday, according to The Nation. Only two women survived the tragic incident, highlighting the deadly risks faced by migrants seeking safety and opportunity in […]

THE HAGUE: India did not take part in the latest arbitration hearing related to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced on Monday, according to The Express Tribune. The hearing, held on February 3, concerned a long-standing water dispute between Pakistan and India. Despite being formally invited, India neither responded […]

TEHRAN — Iran signaled on Monday that it may be willing to reduce its stockpile of highly enriched uranium if all international sanctions against the country are fully lifted, a move that could reshape stalled nuclear negotiations and ease rising tensions with the West, according to Mehr News Agency. Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic […]