Trump blames 'radical Left' after Charlie Kirk's murder

IANS | September 11, 2025 8:46 AM

Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has issued a video statement following the fatal shooting of conservative activist and popular influencer Charlie Kirk, 31, who was killed during a campus event in Utah.

Why is Pakistan Army conducting airstrikes in Balochistan? (IANS Analysis)

IANS | September 10, 2025 10:36 PM

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Balochistan has been the theater of insurgency since 1948, the year after Pakistan’s creation, when the princely state of Kalat was forcibly annexed against the wishes of its people. From that moment onward, the relationship between Balochistan and the Pakistani state has been defined not by partnership but by coercion.

Turkey's Erdogan silencing opposition and cementing grip on power

Baidya Bikash Basu | September 10, 2025 9:35 PM

Ankara: Turkey's internal political landscape in 2025 has been marked by intensifying conflict and sharpening discord. Domestic political environment included detentions of opposition mayors and other personalities under the garb of anti-corruption investigations, social media restrictions, violent crackdowns, pressurising opposition figures to join ruling dispensation, etc. Municipalities run by the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), a Kemalist and social democratic political party in Turkey, have faced waves of arrests this year.

UN event spotlights persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh

IANS | September 10, 2025 9:34 PM

Geneva, Sep 10 (IANS) At the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, an event titled 'Voices from the Margins: Protecting Minority Rights in South Asia' drew attention to the concerning situation across South Asia, particularly religious persecution in Pakistan and the targetting of Hindus and indigenous groups in Bangladesh. It also highlighted restrictions on cultural and religious freedoms in Tibet, and the ongoing marginalisation of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Significant shift in India-US ties after months of trade tensions welcomed

IANS | September 10, 2025 9:34 PM

Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) The US media on Wednesday welcomed the positive exchange of messages between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United States President Donald Trump earlier in the day, expressing optimism in resolving issues on tariffs and holding negotiations to address the trade barriers.

Time to Expose leading role played by Pakistani men in UK's grooming gang scandals

IANS | September 10, 2025 9:20 PM

London, Sep 10 (IANS) The United Kingdom has in recent months witnessed mass anti-immigrant protests fueled by decades of simmering resentment, rooted in the State’s abject failure to address key issues, including the grooming gang scandals where men of predominantly Pakistani heritage orchestrated systemic abuse of vulnerable British girls, some barely 10-year-old, a report cited on Wednesday.