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April 17, 2026, 03:33 PM - 7 min read
As the entire South Asia is watching with surprise and curiosity, it needs to be recalled that during his first presidential term, Trump had been completely hostile towards Pakistan. In January 2018, he had suspended about $2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan for sheltering the terrorist groups like the infamous “Haqqani Network”. He went to the extent of saying, Pakistan had given the US nothing but “lies and deceit”.
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April 17, 2026, 09:11 AM - 3 min read
The two-week fragile ceasefire, which was agreed upon in April, is just days away from coming to an end.
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April 17, 2026, 08:28 AM - 3 min read
Addressing reporters at the White House, Trump described the shift as a significant breakthrough in the continuing negotiations. He noted that Tehran has agreed to hand over what he termed "nuclear dust"—his shorthand for the enriched uranium Washington fears could be weaponised.
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April 16, 2026, 05:01 PM - 5 min read
In an interview with a leading Italian daily, US President Donald Trump said ‘he thought she had courage, but he was wrong’; Meloni has not directly responded to his attacks
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April 16, 2026, 03:07 PM - 5 min read
When one of the host nations happens to be the US government, led by the Trump administration, controversies are a given. But FIFA’s close brush with geopolitical drama could be compromising not just the platform but the sporting spirit as well.
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April 15, 2026, 12:52 PM - 8 min read
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea that aims to create a stable set of zones and places – like international straits – where everyone agrees on who can do what, has been ratified by 171 countries and the EU, but not Iran or the US. This means it can’t serve as a basis of agreement over how the US and Iran should govern their actions in the strait during the current war.
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April 14, 2026, 04:21 PM - 5 min read
It is not just the world economies and energy resources at stake in a war. The environmental impact of a war metastasises far beyond the borders at conflict and may be irreversible. But are we far busier taking stock of share markets and gold prices instead?
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April 14, 2026, 08:57 AM - 2 min read
According to sources, Washington and Tehran are trying to negotiate a way out of the ongoing deadlock, and mediators like Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt are likely contenders to host the next round of US-Iran negotiations.
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April 10, 2026, 04:59 PM - 7 min read
The reality is the strait was never closed. Framing the issue as “open” or “closed” misses the point. Washington has asserted that the strait is open. Tehran’s messaging has been more ambiguous, including references to requiring vessels to inform Iranian authorities before transiting.
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April 9, 2026, 05:40 PM - 6 min read
Pakistan’s gain is certainly not India’s loss. Because, India did not have any role in this situation, hence it is wrong to suggest that it was any diplomatic failure for the country.
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April 9, 2026, 05:04 PM - 7 min read
US President Donald Trump's remarks about Iran moved beyond personal attacks or chest-thumping nationalism to take on a tone of collective punishment and civilisational destruction. The style was familiar. The horizon of harm was not.
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April 8, 2026, 06:16 PM - 6 min read
Slopaganda can be understood as a special kind of AI bullshit, but its unique features become clearer when we look at its use in campaigns such as the Iranian Lego videos.
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