International issues

Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said Tuesday that his country hopes Syria will achieve peace and restore stability as soon as possible, and is willing to play a constructive role to that end. “Recently, the…

Geneva: A record number of media persons have been killed this year across the world, observed the global safety and rights body, Press Emblem Campaign. (www.pressemblem.ch/) At least 165 of them lost their lives in 21 countries in the globe…

Ten days before Donald Trump will be inaugurated in Washington DC on January 20, there will be another inauguration in Caracas. Two contenders claim they will receive the Venezuelan presidential sash. By Roger D. Harris Nicolás Maduro’s claim to the…

Few can afford to be massively tariffed by the US, let alone sanctioned, and most aren’t willing to burn their bridges with the US for ideological reasons at the expense of their immediate economic interests. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr.…

China, Pakistan, and the US could take advantage of this to expand their military influence in Bangladesh at the expense of India’s legitimate national security interests. Lost amidst the news of Syria’s epic collapse was the Arakan Army’s (AA) capture…

Much has been said about tyrants by Shakespeare, who described them well. The ancient Greeks said even more. And look at what they do to stay in power, or what various ambitious half-mad individuals do to rise to power. By…

Language plays an important role in understanding the concept of numbers. By Marjorie Hecht Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for…

A worrisome trend in the global climate system has popped up. Specific regions of the world are experiencing repetitive severe heat waves so extreme and so deadly that scientists’ models are thrown into a tizzy. This behavior is comparable to…

Geneva: Pakistan, even though there is no war, continues to lose media persons to assailants. The South Asian nation witnessed the 12th journo-victim within the 12 months of 2024. Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body,…

Balochistan was a colony of Britain from 1839 till 1947 and on August 11 Balochistan became an independent country. There was only a 9-month window in history within which Balochistan was independent during 1947. The Indian Independence Act of 1947,…