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Saturday, January 10, 2026

22 children dead in Nile boat accident in Sudan

AFP | At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of...

The “New” Saudi Arabia! – Haider Raza Mehdi

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | Recently we saw an assertive Saudi Arabia slam Canada with a volley of diplomatic and economic punches which left Canada...

US defense chief woos Brazil as Chinese influence grows

AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged closer strategic ties with Brazil on Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted pushback...

A year on, suspicion and silence in Spain jihadists’ hometown

AFP | Suspicion, incomprehension and a thick silence reign in the mountainous town of Ripoll a year after jihadist attacks in Catalonia. The town in northeastern...

Mali opposition leader rejects results as counting underway

AFP | Malian opposition candidate Soumaila Cisse said on Monday he would reject the results of a presidential runoff marred by accusations of fraud, violence,...

What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?

Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...

Excerpts from Jinnah-Gandhi letters

News Analysis | On the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, it is useful that we remind ourselves why there had to be a separate nation...

Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya

AFP | Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to...

Five questions on Israel’s controversial Jewish nation law

AFP | Israel's parliament held a special session on Wednesday to debate a controversial law passed last month declaring the country the nation-state of the...

Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia claimed over 400 lives

AFP | The day that Soviet-led armies rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to put an end to a pro-democracy movement changed Milan Tesar's life. "I saw...

Palestinian-American positioned to be first Muslim woman in US Congress

AFP | Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday,...

Indonesia quake toll jumps to 164, survivors wait for aid

AFP | The devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok was "exceptionally destructive" and wiped out entire villages in the worst-hit regions, relief agencies...
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