UN Chief Slashes 2026 Budget, Warns Organization Faces ‘Race to Bankruptcy’

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is on the brink of financial collapse unless member states meet their financial obligations, Secretary-General António Guterres warned Friday, unveiling a sharply reduced $3.24 billion regular budget for 2026, the smallest in over a decade. according to APP. The proposal marks a 15 percent cut from 2025’s approved spending […]

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Border of Smoke and Silk: Pakistan–Afghanistan Fighting, the New Geopolitics, and a Silk Road of Uncertain Promise

By Naeem Khan. Updated October 17, 2025. A fragile truce lies over a line long scarred by empire and insurgency. This week, a fresh rupture along the Durand Line — the porous, 2,600-kilometer frontier that divides Pakistan and Afghanistan — flared into deadly violence, leaving soldiers and civilians dead, hospitals full, and diplomats scrambling for […]

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Bangladesh Court Told to Execute Ex-PM Hasina for Protest Killings

Bangladesh Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex–Prime Minister Hasina Dhaka: Bangladeshi prosecutors on Thursday demanded the death penalty for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity stemming from a deadly crackdown on student protests last year, according to AFP. Hasina, 78, fled to India after her […]

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Pakistan Launches Fresh Anti-Terror Sweep, Dozens Killed

Pakistan Says 34 Terrorists Killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Operations Pakistan’s security forces have killed 34 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province between October 13 and 15, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. The most significant clash occurred in Spinwam, North Waziristan, where an intelligence-led […]

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Pakistan, Taliban Dispute Who Sought Ceasefire After Deadly Border Clash

Pakistan, Taliban Trade Blame After Deadly Border Clash in Spin Boldak KANDAHAR / ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday offered starkly different accounts of a deadly border confrontation that left scores of civilians wounded in the southern Afghan district of Spin Boldak, underscoring escalating tensions along one of the region’s most volatile frontiers, according […]

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