On 22 September 2026, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) – a banned Baloch ethno-nationalist separatist group in Pakistan, waging an insurgency in Balochistan, allegedly from bases in Afghanistan – claimed that its
Editor’s note: “Dumping overcapacity on global markets,” “the garbage time of history,” “economic malaise making people fatter” … A bunch of newly-coined concepts or unconventional observations regarding the world’s second-largest economy have
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Picket lines were formed on Tuesday as about 45,000 dock workers walked out at 36 ports along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, demanding higher pay and ban on automation amid fears
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While it may seem unimaginable in many parts of the world, in Afghanistan, it is a common reality: children as young as 10 leave school to toil in brick factories to support
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Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening after the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Lebanon killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Salvos of missiles rained down on Israel at around
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China’s achievements toward economic, social, cultural and political modernization over the past 75 years are unprecedented in history, said Dilma Rousseff, former Brazilian president. During a ceremony held Sunday in Beijing, 15
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by Rania Aboelkheir On Oct. 1, the People’s Republic of China will celebrate its diamond jubilee, marking the 75th anniversary of its founding. Over these 75 years, China has undergone numerous major
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said it has approved a grant of 19.8 million U.S. dollars to help South Sudan respond to the Sudanese refugee crisis in the country. The AfDB
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Israel on Friday evening launched airstrikes on Hezbollah’s main headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs, resulting in the death of Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and several other Hezbollah commanders. The event, which
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The 2024 International Humanitarian Demining Training Course, which was hosted by the Chinese government, on Friday held its closing ceremony in Nanjing, the capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, with attendees praising
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In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Musa Baraka surveys his orchard with a mix of resignation and despair. The 55-year-old farmer’s land, once teeming with over 100 thriving palm trees, now tells a
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Tears welled in Elias Jradi’s eyes as the surgeon stepped out of an operating room at Ragheb Harb Hospital in Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh. Inside the operating room were dozens of
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With the gap between income levels and housing costs continually widening, the U.S. housing market has become increasingly unaffordable for homebuyers across all income levels, a trend experts say has accelerated since
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by Misbah Saba Malik Sitting at his jetty, surrounded by colorful boats adorned with traditional designs, in Gwadar city of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, Jalil Afzal gazed thoughtfully at the towering cranes
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Cambodia’s trade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries reached 22.92 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of 2024, up 17.2 percent from 19.55 billion dollars over the same
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Recent explosions of communications devices in Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah, along with the assassinations of top Hezbollah commanders, have raised alarms across the Middle East. Many experts warned that the confrontation between
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