International news and analysis, with a focus on the developments that matter most to readers in Pakistan and South Asia.
Key takeaways Brazilians vote today, October 4, in the first round of the 2026 presidential election. Polls show 80-year-old incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly ahead of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the jailed former president’s son. If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid …
Key takeaways Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says Japan will draft its first national intelligence strategy, a step that could lead to a CIA-style foreign intelligence agency. She made the announcement at the first meeting of a 17-member expert panel on intelligence reform. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? …
Key takeaways A Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after what the airline calls an altercation inside the cockpit. All passengers and crew are safe, both pilots were hospitalised, and the carrier has suspended all flights to and from Israel while …
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement commits Pakistan to treat an attack on Saudi Arabia or Turkiye as an attack on itself. We look at what the pact actually says, what Pakistan has already put on the ground, and the questions it leaves open.
On June 29, 2023, a man burned a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm, Sweden.
Bruce Willis, the Hollywood actor, has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, according to a statement released by his family on Thursday.
Legendary Hollywood actress and sex symbol of the 1960s, Raquel Welch, has passed away at the age of 82.
Abstract: Solar flares are intense bursts of energy that originate from the sun and have the potential to affect our technology and infrastructure.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global economic crisis, the likes of which have not been seen in recent history.
Pakistan, 2 September, 2022 – Xiaomi Foundation today announced donation of USD 100,000 to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to support UNHCR’s operation in...