EU presents new pact to reshape relations with Mediterranean countries
FILE: A man walks through a passage in Rabat, Morocco, 5 October 2025 The European Commission presented on Thursday a new “pact for the Mediterranean” aimed at reshaping relations with…
Poland’s president signs off on new zero income tax law for parents with two children
A family at a railway station in Przemysl, 22 March, 2022 Poland’s president has signed a new law introducing zero personal income tax (PIT) for parents raising at least two…
Albania, Moldova, Montenegro and North Macedonia join EU’s SEPA scheme
FILE: A man uses an ATM of a bank in Athens, 7 July 2015 Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Moldova have officially joined Europe’s financial transaction ecosystem SEPA, after 40…
Security officer guarding polio team shot dead in Balochistan
Policemen stand guard as a health worker administers polio drops to a child during a vaccination campaign against the crippling disease in Karachi. — AFP/FileUnidentified assailants kill constabulary officer in…
Nadra issues landmark regulations to accelerate Pakistan’s digital transformation
Outside view of the NADRA’s mega center in Karachi. — Facebook The National Database and Registration Authority has introduced two major regulatory frameworks to fast-track Pakistan’s digital transformation, in line…
A Hungry World Knows No Borders
HYDERABAD, India, October 16 (IPS) – When crops fail, people move not by choice, but by necessity. As families are displaced by droughts and failed harvests, the pressures do not…
They Have Known Nothing but War—The Plight of Syria’s Out-of-School Children
IDLIB, Syria, October 16 (IPS) – The war has deprived thousands of Syrian children of their right to education, especially displaced children in makeshift camps. Amidst difficult economic conditions and…
The Inescapable Reality the Israelis Must Face
NEW YORK, October 16 (IPS) – The ceasefire agreement and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are only the first steps on the long and treacherous road that…
World Food Day LIVE: The task of feeding the world
Amid the destruction of the Second World War, nations responded to the danger of hunger and malnutrition by creating the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 16 October 1945. The…