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
After 471 days of captivity, British-Israeli Emily Damari, along with Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen, has been released from Gaza as part of the Israel-Hamas agreement. Their return marks a poignant moment
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by Our Correspondent in Doha U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steven Witkoff, has reportedly forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Gaza plan that he had previously rejected.
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by A Special Correspondent As a Chinese immigrant, I was confronted with a horrifying and deeply racist encounter on the campus of a school I frequented. One day, during my walk around
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US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will make a decision on whether to enforce a ban on TikTok in the country “in the not too distant future,” following a Supreme
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As billions in taxpayer funds are funneled into foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel, the healthcare systems in both the United Kingdom and the United States are showing alarming signs of collapse.
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by A Special Correspondent When I first walked into the office at The Commonwealth of Learning, I had no idea that I would be stepping into a battle—a battle not just for
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by Sachin Sri Claudia Seymour’s The Myth of International Protection: War and Survival in Congo is a searing indictment of the international community’s pretensions of humanitarianism, a harrowing ethnography that exposes the
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by Durga Velayudham in Toronto In Eva Dou’s meticulously constructed House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company, the narrative is one of dualities: innovation juxtaposed with controversy, ascension
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Israel’s security cabinet has formally endorsed a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, signaling a significant step toward ending the 15-month conflict. The agreement, which includes provisions for the release of 98 hostages held
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Brussels has escalated its scrutiny of X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, by demanding full disclosure of recent changes to its recommendation algorithm. This move comes as part of
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As Delhi approaches its assembly elections on February 5, a pressing crisis continues to grip the city’s most vulnerable population. Homelessness, exacerbated by the harsh winter, paints a bleak picture of the
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by Luxman Aravind A high-profile individual, distinguished by a considerable calibre of expertise, while his recent visit to Toronto, recounted a disconcerting encounter with the new Sri Lankan government—an encounter that serves
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The recent remarks by the Chairman of a large corporate group, Larsen & Toubro, in India suggesting that employees should work 90 hours a week have been ridiculed by trade unions, associations
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“Fear should not arise from the possible harm itself, but from the likelihood of that harm, for reason allows us to assess risks logically.” ~ Rene Descartes The Threat As citizens of
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Israel, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants — in this
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