Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet.
Peru’s progressive presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez has taken a narrow lead in the ongoing vote count, holding an advantage of more than 27,000 votes as rural ballots continue to arrive at counting
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In an unprecedented situation, ceasefire prospects have been further complicated, and the risks and regional anxiety of a complete collapse of the ceasefire or of the deal on the table have heightened.
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The United States has escalated its scrutiny of Chinese technology and industrial firms, adding some of the country’s most prominent companies—including Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, CATL, Unitree, Huawei, and chipmaker CXMT—to a Pentagon
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The recent incident in Rawalakot can be seen as one of the most disturbing incidents for the political landscape of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in recent times. Starting off as a political
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The ethnic conflict that erupted in Manipur in May 2023 was initially characterised as a confrontation between the Meitei community, concentrated in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribes inhabiting the surrounding
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As reported on June 4, 2026, the Taliban security command in Herat Province announced that two-armed robbers were killed following a clash with members of the group in the Injil District. On
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Xi Jinping’s arrival in Pyongyang on 8 June, his first in nearly seven years, is precisely that kind of visit: the visit of a patron who suspects, with some justification, that his
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The detention of former Intelligence Chief Suresh Sallay in connection with ongoing investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks took on a deeply personal dimension today, Monday, as
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For months of war stretching across Gaza, Lebanon, and beyond, Israel’s skies have been crowded not with pilots, but with machines. According to internal documents obtained by Haaretz, the Israel Defense Forces’
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When Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel on Sunday for the first time since a 61-day ceasefire took hold, the fragile pause in hostilities across the Middle East gave way to renewed
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has issued a stark assessment of global security trends, warning that nuclear weapons are once again becoming central instruments of national power as decades of disarmament
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A nation’s decision to change itself within is an act of a certain determination. In the last few decades, Pakistan has gone through an unnoticeable but not unimpressible evolution in its approach
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On May 30, 2026, the governments of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir sat down with the Joint Awami Action Committee in a high-stakes negotiation aimed at defusing tension before the June
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Politics is not merely a contest for office; it is a contest for legitimacy, authority, and historical continuity. Throughout history, there have been moments when constitutional legitimacy and popular legitimacy converged in
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Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a rare state visit to North Korea, marking his first trip to the country in seven years and setting the stage for closely watched
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