From Burundi to Washington: Recognizing the Warning Signs
WASHINGTON DC, October 15 (IPS) – I moved to the United States in 2012 with great reluctance. I wasn’t sure why I should uproot myself to a country thousands of…
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Poverty is not just scarcity. It is exclusion, stigma, and invisibility. Poverty is not a personal failure. It is a systemic failure. A denial of dignity and human rights. Read…
Vanishing Wisdom of the Sundarbans–How climate change erodes centuries of ecological knowledge
BANGALORE & PAKHIRALAY, India, October 15 (IPS) – Bapi Mondal’s morning routine in Bangalore is a world away from his ancestral village, Pakhiralay, in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. He wakes…
Pakistan passport remains fourth weakest in global index for fifth year
Representational image of Pakistani passports. — AFP/File Pakistan’s passport has ranked the fourth weakest in the world for the fifth consecutive year, as it was placed on 103rd position by…
WATCH: Aussie cricketers troll India over no-handshake controversy
The collage of photos shows Australia’s men’s and women’s players in a video segment ahead of India’s tour of Australia. – Screengrab/X Australian cricketers, both men and women, mocked India’s…
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Interview – Kishore Mahboobani
Kishore Mahbubani urges IR scholars to decolonize thought, embrace multipolarity, and rethink Western dominance as Asia and the Global South reshape world order.
‘King Salman Gate’ project opens near Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is photographed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025. — Reuters Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of the “King Salman Gate”, a landmark…
Another security officer guarding polio team gunned down in KP
Health workers give polio vaccine drops to a child as police stand guard during a vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. — Reuters/FilePolice say security personnel killed on the spot.The…
Pakistan announces 48-hour ceasefire on ‘Afghan govt’s request’
An image of an Afghan Taliban compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan after strike by Pakistan Army on October 15, 2025. — Screengrab via X/@PTVNewsOfficial Dozens of Afghan and foreign operatives killed.Militants…
Raila Odinga, key Kenyan opposition figure and former PM, dies aged 80
Odinga giving a speech in Nairobi last year. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA View image in fullscreen The veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and…