The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The conviction of Jashanpreet Singh, founder of California’s “Punjabi Devils Motorcycle Club”, on May 12, 2026, has drawn renewed attention to the growing involvement of Punjabi-origin gangs in organised crime in North
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For all its boastfulness, India is a poor and deeply unequal country. With a per capita income of roughly USD 2,700, this is hardly surprising. A vast population, uneven development, and long
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The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on March 18, 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical
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2025 recorded an unprecedented purge of China’s top military and political leadership, that continued up to the penultimate day of the year, December 30, taking the tally up to “65 tigers” –
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America’s actions in Venezuela, coupled with Europe’s acquiescence, mark an open reversion to colonialist militarism. For much of the post-Cold War era, Western power operated through deniability. Coercion was cloaked in the
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Pakistan appears to be in the process of creating another Frankensteinian monster for itself. Elements within the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), long a protégé of the military establishment, and mobilized from time to
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Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul (October 25-28), mediated by Qatar and Turkey, collapsed amidst strident rhetoric. Pakistan issued a 72-hour ultimatum “for Taliban to summon TTP Shura or we act unilaterally.” Taliban
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The unprecedented tour of China’s clandestine Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) facility in Chengdu granted to Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on September 14, 2025, transcends a mere diplomatic gesture. While officially framed
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The long nights of ‘vengeance’ are over. It is time to ask, what has been achieved? Frenetic campaigns of falsehoods have enabled both sides to claim that they have engineered a notable
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The barbaric slaughter at the Baisaran Maidan near Pahalgam in the Kashmir Valley on April 22, 2025, has left India with one core question – how must the nation respond? It is
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In the 28 days between November 23 and December 20, eight grenade/bomb attacks targeting Police Stations and Police posts have been engineered in Punjab. While these constitute, at worst, low grade terrorist
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