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
Conservative commentator Candace Owens has sparked outrage after doubling down on a baseless conspiracy theory that claims Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was born a man. Owens took
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For decades now, there has been a clear understanding that the models of development proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Washington Consensus – debt, austerity, structural adjustment – simply
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President Donald Trump has criticized a bishop for her remarks during a service at the Washington National Cathedral, calling her “nasty” and accusing her of politicizing the church. The Right Rev. Mariann
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A confidential report has revealed that an estimated 585,000 illegal migrants are residing in London—equating to one in every 12 residents. This startling figure, which has now emerged following a Freedom of
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The Argentine government, led by libertarian President Javier Milei, is considering withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, according to sources familiar with internal discussions. If finalized, Argentina would become only the second
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The village of Baddal in Rajouri district is grappling with a tragic and mysterious crisis as 17 people from three families have died since December, prompting
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made a bold proposal at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025, calling for the elimination of anonymity on social media platforms. His remarks sparked a significant conversation
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Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, has officially applied for Russian citizenship, as confirmed by her lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. Mills, who has lived in
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As former President Donald Trump begins his second term, Rolling Stone reports that America’s wealthiest elites have abandoned even the pretense of caring about social justice, democracy, or the vulnerable. Monday’s inauguration,
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit to block former President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. The order, which
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For over three decades, Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, has maintained an iron grip on power, surviving multiple attempts to unseat him. However, it was during the rigged 2020 presidential elections
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by Luxman Aravind When dreams crumble, it is not just the political elite who bear the burden of responsibility, but the entire nation. Democracy, that vaunted system of governance where power is
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Editorial President Dissanayake is set to visit Jaffna in a few days, an event that carries immense symbolic weight for the nation. To truly grasp the significance of this visit, one must
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It is impossible to bottle this sensibility. All of Gaza is a ruin. Millions of Palestinians have braved the winter in makeshift tents or in ruined buildings, their children freezing (a few
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A new decree regulating polygamy among Jakarta’s male civil servants has ignited widespread criticism from human rights and gender equality advocates, who argue that it perpetuates discrimination and harms women. Issued on
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