On the early morning of June 10, 2026, Pakistani military aircraft launched a series of cross-border airstrikes, targeting civilian and residential areas in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika. According to the Taliban Government’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, the strikes killed
A State of Contradictions Startling contradictions define Pakistan’s posture today. To the
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From 29 to 31 May, forces of the South African left gathered
Seventeen years after the cessation of open conflict, the north of Sri Lanka still
Reliable government sources have indicated that a former President may be arrested as a suspect in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, intensifying scrutiny around a case that continues to reverberate through
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In the 1950s and 1960s, a massive wave of underground humor swept across the USSR and the Eastern Bloc featuring a fictional broadcaster called Armenian Radio (known in the West as Radio Yerevan). One of the jokes involved food lines and food scarcity, a
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered public anger and political pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The measures
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Pakistan launched a new wave of air strikes inside Afghanistan on Wednesday,
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More A State of Contradictions Startling contradictions define Pakistan’s posture today. To the outside world, Islamabad parades as a peace broker—courting Washington and Tehran with the language of diplomacy. Yet at home, the
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On the early morning of June 10, 2026, Pakistani military aircraft launched a series of cross-border airstrikes, targeting civilian and residential areas in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, a massive wave of underground humor swept across the USSR and the Eastern Bloc featuring a fictional broadcaster called Armenian Radio (known in the West as Radio
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Reliable government sources have indicated that a former President may be arrested as a suspect in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, intensifying scrutiny around a case that continues to reverberate through
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered
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