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Zelenskyy says Europe is a ‘global force’ that can stand against any other power in address to MPs – as it happened Keir Starmer previously reassured that the war in Iran would not distract the UK from supporting Ukraine Trump’s Iran war has no ethic... [1]

Imran Khalid is a Karachi-based geostrategic analyst and freelance writer. OpinionThe middle power romantic era is a ghost of a lost world Smaller nations must have the space to exert influence without picking sides Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carn... [4]

Tehran’s ‘toll booth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz Iran has blocked the passage of vessels carrying 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies. [5]

Stories about Iraq Southern Iraq rages over dire living conditions With frequent power cuts intensifying the effects of a brutal heatwave, people have taken to the streets to demand better public services, jobs and an end to corruption. [6]

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences. [7]

The famed Pakistani poet Allama Iqbal once said that as long as Afghanistan burns Asia would burn, and that for the stability of Asia, the mountains of Afghanistan have to be peaceful. [8]

ISLAMABAD — Al Qaeda’s South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at US vessels in the Arabian Sea, in the first major assault by the newly created group. [9]

KABUL -- Anbaren, a bold and ambitious 16-year-old, was born in what was an age of optimism for Afghanistan. Her life plans were neatly organized, just like the bedroom she shares with her older sister. [10]

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Sources
[1] MM www.theguardian.com · 2026-03-23 · 35% match

Lebanon | The Guardian

Zelenskyy says Europe is a ‘global force’ that can stand against any other power in address to MPs – as it happened Keir Starmer previously reassured that the war in Iran would not distract the UK from supporting Ukraine Trump’s Iran war has no ethic

[2] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-03-23 · 32% match

Middle East

[3] MM news18.com · 2026-03-25 · 31% match

Dubai, Abu Dhabi News Highlights: Singapore Airlines Cancels Flights To Dubai Till April 30 Amid Middle East Conflict

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-02 · 36% match

The middle power romantic era is a ghost of a lost world

Imran Khalid is a Karachi-based geostrategic analyst and freelance writer. OpinionThe middle power romantic era is a ghost of a lost world Smaller nations must have the space to exert influence without picking sides Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carn

[5] MM www.aljazeera.com · 2026-03-26 · 31% match

Tehran’s ‘toll booth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz

Tehran’s ‘toll booth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz Iran has blocked the passage of vessels carrying 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.

[6] MM globalvoices.org · 2025-08-27 · 32% match

Iraq · Global Voices

Stories about Iraq Southern Iraq rages over dire living conditions With frequent power cuts intensifying the effects of a brutal heatwave, people have taken to the streets to demand better public services, jobs and an end to corruption.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-23 · 30% match

Pakistan must see reality and build diplomatic ties with Kabul

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-10-30 · 35% match

Kamal Alam: How to keep Islamic State from spreading beyond Mesopotamia

The famed Pakistani poet Allama Iqbal once said that as long as Afghanistan burns Asia would burn, and that for the stability of Asia, the mountains of Afghanistan have to be peaceful.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-18 · 35% match

New al Qaeda Wing in South Asia Claims Major Attack

ISLAMABAD — Al Qaeda’s South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at US vessels in the Arabian Sea, in the first major assault by the newly created group.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-04-06 · 34% match

Dark futures: Afghanistan's women reel from Taliban school ban

KABUL -- Anbaren, a bold and ambitious 16-year-old, was born in what was an age of optimism for Afghanistan. Her life plans were neatly organized, just like the bedroom she shares with her older sister.

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