With Trump looming, Pakistan braces for foreign policy challenges in 2025
With Trump looming, Pakistan braces for foreign policy challenges in 2025 Analysts predict a tough year, as Islamabad prepares for more US belligerence towards China, the closest Pakistan ally. Pakistan’s…
Venezuela’s Maduro says US nationals among group of ‘mercenaries’ detained
Venezuela’s Maduro says US nationals among group of ‘mercenaries’ detained President Maduro said the group included mercenaries and ‘hit men’, describing two US detainees as ‘very high level’. Venezuela’s President…
Rising costs force ‘difficult choices’ on schools
Rising costs force ‘difficult choices’ on schools Hope Rhodes / BBCHead teacher Dan Crossman says he faces choosing between meeting the needs of the children, or balancing the books Head…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,049
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,049 Here are the key developments on the 1,049th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A serviceman of 13th Operative Purpose Brigade…
How Canada’s immigration debate soured – and helped seal Trudeau’s fate
How Canada’s immigration debate soured – and helped seal Trudeau’s fate BBC Immigration has long been a polarising issue in the West but Canada mostly avoided it – until now.…
US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit
US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says change will strike $49bn in medical debt from credit reports. The seal of the…
Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok ‘assassination’
Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok ‘assassination’ Lim Kimya, 74, had refused to flee Cambodia even after former PM Hun Sen threatened to make opposition MPs lives ‘hell’.…
‘Massacres’: Women, children killed as Israel bombs Gaza’s ‘safe zone’
‘Massacres’: Women, children killed as Israel bombs Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ Al Jazeera’s correspondent says fear dominates in Gaza as Israeli attacks intensify, targeting the al-Mawasi ‘humanitarian safe zone’. Medical personnel…
SAS had golden pass to get away with murder, inquiry told
SAS had golden pass to get away with murder, inquiry told Getty ImagesThe SAS carried out night raids with Afghan special forces during the conflict A former senior UK Special…
China’s millionaires eye the exit as economic storm clouds gather
China’s millionaires eye the exit as economic storm clouds gather Some 15,200 Chinese millionaires were expected to relocate in 2024, according to Henley & Partners. The skyline of the Lujiazui…