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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

Sept 11 Legacy Continues to Shape Global Affairs

The Sept 11 attacks reshaped global politics, prompting US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The decades-long campaign failed to eliminate religiously inspired terrorism and produced lasting instability. Muslims in the US also faced discrimination, while Islamophobia remains a concern. The rise of militant groups after the Iraq war further exposed the limits of America’s counterterrorism strategy and its wider consequences. Read More…

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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in Politics

India’s changing role in global geopolitics

India’s growing economic and strategic weight has not translated into equal geopolitical influence, with several developments reshaping its position. Once viewed as a key US partner in countering China, New Delhi joined initiatives including the Quad and Indo-Pacific strategy. However, Washington’s reported shift towards strategic stability with Beijing has altered India’s relevance. Meanwhile, the May 2025 India-Pakistan confrontation demonstrated changing regional power dynamics, challenging assumptions about India’s military dominance in South Asia. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Iran eager to maintain new ‘balance of power’

Cyrus Schayegh, professor of international history and politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute, says that compared with other US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the war with Iran is “more important” as it has shifted the balance of power. “This is the basic problem that we are facing right now in different chapters. There was a war, then military confrontations, now there are economic sanctions, then there are diplomatic attempts,” Schayegh told Al Jazeera. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Nawaz Sharif says political rivalry should not turn into 'enmity'

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that rivalry was a normal part of politics but differences should not be allowed to escalate into enmity. Addressing a party meeting in Murree — attended also by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz said he had not expected the Pakistan Peoples Party to raise objections over the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, as the party was in power in the region. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Arundhati Roy withdraws from Berlin Film Festival in protest over Gaza genocide remarks

Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders's comments that cinema should "stay out of politics" when asked about Gaza. Roy said in a statement on Friday that she was "shocked and disgusted" by responses from Wenders and other jury members to a question about the Palestinian territory at a press conference on Thursday. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

White House says Nobel Committee puts 'politics over peace'

The White House on Friday criticised the Nobel Prize committee's decision to grant the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of US President Donald Trump, who aggressively lobbied for the award and touted his role in brokering international ceasefire deals. "President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will," White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a post on… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Israel’s expansionist drive from Jerusalem to Gaza is a recipe for endless war

Israel’s aggressive push to reshape the geography and politics of Jerusalem and the wider Palestinian territories is neither spontaneous nor defensive. It is the outcome of a long-term strategy to erase the possibility of Palestinian sovereignty, recently being sought by some in the international community, and impose an exclusively Israeli narrative of control. From Jerusalem to Gaza, each destructive move by Israel serves to consolidate power, displaces Palestinians, and destabilises the region. Without meaningful international intervention, consequences will be felt far beyond the Holy Land. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office on Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics but said he had no magic solution to the hardships suffered following an unprecedented economic crisis. "I am not a conjuror, I am not a magician, I am a common citizen," he said after taking his oath in a nationally televised ceremony attended by diplomats, politicians and the military. "I have strengths and limitations, things I know and things I don't... my responsibility is to be part of a collective effort to… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Poll shows 66% of Israelis want Netanyahu to quit

Two-thirds of the Israeli public favours Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaving politics and not running for a new term, according to an opinion poll. The poll was conducted on Friday by the Israeli private Channel 12, which showed that 66 percent of respondents want Netanyahu, 74, to retire and not run for a seventh term as prime minister. Twenty-seven percent of respondents support him staying in power and running for a new term. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

IPP chief Jahangir Tareen quits politics

In a shocking turn of events, Istekhan-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Patron-in-chief Jahangir Tareen has resigned from the position as party chairman and decided to quit politics altogether. “I would like to thank everyone who supported me in this election and want to offer my congratulations to my opponents,” the sugar baron in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “I have immense respect for the will of the people of Pakistan,” he said, offering his gratitude to all members of Istekhan-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), formed after May 9 events. Read More…

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