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International rights organisations have issued fresh warnings about an accelerating decline in democratic freedoms worldwide, citing increasing authoritarianism, restrictions on press freedom, and weakened judicial independence in several…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister has acknowledged that security forces are facing serious operational challenges in tackling insurgency in Balochistan, amid a sharp escalation in militant attacks across the province.…
French authorities have conducted a police raid on offices of social media platform X as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation and data misuse, judicial…
The impending expiration of the New START nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia has triggered widespread concern among global security experts, raising the prospect…
At least 21 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, marking the deadliest single day since the ceasefire came into effect, according…
At least 162 civilians have been killed in a deadly raid on a village in western Nigeria, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…
With the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza recently reopened for the first time in months, several Palestinians returning to the enclave reported being held, interrogated and…
A leading human rights organisation has released a new report warning that global democratic freedoms are under intensifying threat. The study cites increasing authoritarian tendencies in major nations,…
Senior diplomats from the United States and Iran are scheduled to resume nuclear negotiations in Oman as early as this week, officials from both sides confirmed. The talks…