Espionage & Oil: Russia allegedly uses oil tankers as spy assets
BRUSSELS: Russian nationals with alleged links to the country’s military and intelligence services have been operating aboard oil tankers used…
China–France Tensions Flare After Macron’s Bold Student Gesture
Emmanuel Macron’s December 2025 visit to China, intended as a diplomatic showcase, instead exposed the fragility of Beijing’s carefully curated…
Pakistan’s economic engine is stalling – and the Central Bank finally says it out loud
Pakistan has heard grim economic forecasts before, but rarely has the warning come this bluntly from the country’s own central…
A deeper bias: Sexism and ageism in academia reveal Pakistan’s hostility toward assertive women
The recent case involving the Vice Chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology (FUUAST), Dr Zabta…
Why Pakistan Falls Behind in Global Development Metrics
From innovation and corruption to skills readiness, soft power, and poverty, Pakistan’s rankings across multiple global economic and competitiveness indexes…
Neglect and unsafe practices are deepening Pakistan’s HIV crisis
ISLAMABAD: For more than two decades, Pakistan has been walking on a dangerous path, one paved with apathy, neglect, and…
Mogherini and Sannino detained as scandal rocks EU
BRUSSELS: Belgian police carried out one of the most dramatic anti-fraud operations in recent EU history when officers raided the…
How CCP Security And Extracting Policies Are Unmaking Tibet
LHASA: For decades the Tibetan Plateau has been sold to the world as an ecological jewel. Asia’s “water tower,” a…
ICIJ: China’s expands its draconian surveillance network
GENEVA: To hunt down critics of the Chinese regime living abroad, Xi Jinping’s government has expanded its global reach, extending…
Pakistan’s GSP+: Trade Success but Human Rights Failure
BRUSSELS: It has been over a decade since Pakistan was granted the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status by…
