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Putin dumps MBS to start a war on America’s shale oil industry SoDATA — “Interesting times”, says a Pakistani defense analyst. Energy analyst Rashid Hussain Syed says, “if you look
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DESPARDES — President Donald Trump shortly after being elected, had said his administration would deport as many as 3 million unauthorized immigrants with criminal records living in the United States.
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Investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan is an important moment, writes BBC analyst Jonathan Marcus DESPARDES — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized prosecutors to investigate whether the Taliban, the
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Built on the mouth of the Indus River, Bhambore had been a busy port before the delta silted up; Pottery pieces found at the site originated in Iraq and Iran.
Continue readingBiggest Ivory Workshop in Ancient World Discovered in Bhambore, Sindh
DESPARDES — Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that
Continue readingErik Prince of Blackwater Fame Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups
A former senior American official also confirmed the detentions to NYTimes DESPARDES — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has detained a brother of the king, a former crown prince
Continue readingSaudi Crown Prince Detains Three Senior Members of Royal Family: NY Times
“… in one of his (UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) speeches he can be heard saying that Hindus and Muslims belong to two different civilizations and that the two communities
Continue readingHas BJP Leadership Decided to Divide India Once Again?
Nearly 6pct of GDP or $48 billion is the estimated economic burden of air pollution in the country. Other things being equal, the whopping figure strengthens the economic case for
Continue readingLahore Lahore Hai: These GRAPHICS Strengthen Case for Back to School on Air Quality
“With no checks, the fire of social tensions is rapidly spreading across the nation and threatens to char the soul of our nation. It can only be extinguished by the
Continue readingIndia Has Slid to Being a Majoritarian State in Economic Despair: Manmohan Singh
How hot will summers be in your city by 2100? Summer highs in Lahore could be more like Doha, Qatar, and Karachi could be more like Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — by 2100 without
Continue readingThis is How Climate Change Will Shift the World’s Cities (Interactive Map)
DESPARDES — The mysterious glowing orb which Donald Trump, King Salman and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi clutched in Riyadh in May 2017 is now in US possession, but is hidden away