Minahil Toor

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Minahil Toor works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Chinese Legal Studies, LUMS. She can be reached at minahil.toor@lums.edu.pk. Her Twitter handle is @MinahilToor.

Heavily armed man heard ‘voices telling him...

A heavily armed man who said voices in his head told him to assassinate US President Donald Trump has been arrested near the White House, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Netanyahu says coalition with Arab parties would...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that a potential coalition between opposition parties and Arab lists would lead to the collapse of the country.

Iran says forces ‘stronger’ than at beginning...

Iran said on Saturday its military had grown stronger since the outset of the war with the United States, as mediators including Qatar worked to prevent any return to fighting after months of deadlock in the conflict.

Trump offers UFC boss press secretary post,...

Facing an incoming Democratic congress, US President Donald Trump struck a combative tone Saturday, offering friend and "violent fighter" Dana White the White House press secretary job and ordering the Justice Department to investigate his opponents.

Iran says two tankers caught fire in...

Two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA.

When a Husband’s Silence Becomes a Veto

The Lahore High Court’s landmark ruling in Raheel Ahmad vs. Tayyaba Haq clarifies that a wife can inform the Union Council of a divorce when her husband fails to fulfil his legal obligation.

Israel faces new era of sinking US...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brash campaign posters are still up on Israeli public buses -- images of him, US President Donald Trump and soaring warjets that laud the two leaders attacking Iran together.

Deportation of Afghans from US to Pakistan...

Islamabad is considering a US government proposal to deport Afghan citizens via Pakistan, its foreign ministry confirmed on Friday, after an American federal court blocked plans to send scores there this week.