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Important articles about foreign affairs as they appear in the Pakistani press. Most of these articles will not be directly connected to Pakistan. For most Pakistan-related articles, please refer to “Diplomatic and Foreign Affairs” category.
It apparently began with disagreement over a perk. Lawmakers in Jakarta, already widely distrusted, had approved a new monthly housing allowance — a sum nearly ten times the minimum wage in the capital. In a country where mill...
On September 7, 2025, nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, the human ledger is staggering. According to the UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA), 63,746 Palestinians have been killed and 161,245 wounded in Gaza since 7 Oct...
What a tough time this is to make a credible and coherent assessment of what is happening around us – and in the world at large. Even if our focus remains on the floods that have roared across the plains of this country for an...
The scenes from Kathmandu are a reminder that the grievances of the young can no longer really be managed in the old authoritarian way – with bans and batons. So, when Nepal’s government moved to block social media platforms...
Of late, the conduct of India’s foreign policy has been much less than stellar. It appears to lack clarity, purpose, and strategic direction. It continues to be indecisive and vacillates between China-led and US-led groupings....
The decision by the Netherlands to join Ireland and Slovenia in threatening to boycott Eurovision if Israel participates is more than symbolic. It is a powerful indication that the cultural sphere—long manipulated to normalise...
ENJOYING the impunity it has in conducting a genocide in Gaza and ethnic-cleansing in the West Bank, the apartheid state of Israel violated Qatar’s sovereignty when its warplanes attacked a house in a ...
WHILE Benjamin Netanyahu is the architect of the genocide in Gaza and continues to sow chaos across the Middle East, we must ‘appreciate’ his ‘honesty’ regarding one issue: consistent opposition to a Palestinia...
KARACHI: Almost two years after Hamas’s assault, Israel’s campaign to eliminate the group has spilled far beyond Gaza, morphing into a regional war with neither borders nor an end in sight. What began as bombardment of the P...
China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was held in Beijing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of China's victory against impe...