Morocco is entering a more assertive phase of its foreign policy, buoyed by international backing that has strengthened Rabat’s confidence and encouraged it to revisit questions of territorial sovereignty beyond the Western
Afghanistan’s expanding CCTV network is giving the Taliban new power to monitor public life, while women, activists and political opponents describe a growing climate of fear five years after the fall of
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has asked the government to provide the complete and unedited video recording of a meeting held between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and representatives of the association
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“I have two minutes of phone time left. I don’t know if I will still be alive tomorrow. If we speak again, I will be very grateful to you.” Those were the
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Pakistan is experiencing one of its deadliest periods for terrorism in more than a decade, with violence in 2026 increasing in both frequency and lethality. July alone recorded more than 600 deaths,
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the country’s education crisis is becoming a wider threat to its social and economic future. Girls remain barred from school beyond the
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Jonathan did not want to leave Israel. When his wife first suggested moving abroad, he resisted. But after years of war, political turmoil, economic pressure and social tension, the Tel Aviv real-estate
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Flight operations not only have to be safe, but also orderly and quick. — Jens Bartels, Ramp Control Manager, Munich Airport The Transition There was a time when the air traffic control
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UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, has expressed serious concern over what she described as a troubling pattern in Israeli family courts and
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For years, the secrecy surrounding Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption has provided fertile ground for political gossip in China. Now that speculation is taking a more organised and commercial form, with underground
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Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build what he describes as the largest building on Earth is facing growing concern from residents in Grimes County, Texas, where his Terafab semiconductor facility is already
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