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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif speaks, flanked by his daughter and politician Maryam Nawaz Sharif and his brother and former Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, in Lahore, Pakistan, February 9, 2024. Reuters

Nawaz Sharif promises bright future for Pakistan after claiming election win

Sharif's PML-N party wins 70 seats in parliament, which puts him in a strong position to form a coalition government

Kaswar Klasra 10 February 2024
The 74-year-old former PM is campaigning across the country, vowing to position Pakistan as an economic powerhouse in Asia ahead of general elections on 8 February. Rob Carter

Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan's best bet for prosperity?

The 74-year-old former PM is campaigning across the country, vowing to position Pakistan as an economic powerhouse in Asia ahead of general elections on 8 February.

Kaswar Klasra 05 February 2024
Pakistan's additional foreign secretary, Rahim Hayat (R), welcomes Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) upon his arrival at the military Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi on 29 January 2024. AFP

From Baluchistan to Syria: Lifting the curtain on the Iran-Pakistan shadow war

While a direct confrontation between Tehran and Islamabad seems unlikely, things could escalate if Iran feels squeezed in the Levant.

Kamal Alam 29 January 2024
Tehran hit out at groups in Kurdistan and Syria, but its attack on Pakistan raised the most eyebrows, not least because it was met with a military response. What's going on? Lots, say analysts. Reuters

Iran’s attack on Pakistan is not all that meets the eye

Tehran hit out at groups in Kurdistan and Syria, but its attack on Pakistan raised the most eyebrows, not least because it was met with a military response. What's going on? Lots, say analysts.

Houssam Itani 21 January 2024
As a sportsman once renowned for his courage, dismissing Khan's potential political comeback would be foolish. But as he sits in a prison cell, it's hard to envision his return to the frontlines. Rob Carter

Imran Khan: From prison cell to political comeback?

As a sportsman once renowned for his courage, dismissing Khan's potential political comeback would be foolish. But as he sits in a prison cell, it's hard to envision his return to the frontlines.

Con Coughlin 24 September 2023
Flood victims from monsoon rain use a makeshift barge to carry hay for cattle, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, on Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Donors Offer Over $9B For Pakistan After Devastating Floods

Dozens of countries and international institutions on Monday pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from devastating summer floods, with the sum set to balloon further at a…

AP 09 January 2023
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani arrives for the Leaders' Retreat, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at the Intare Conference centre in Kigali, Rwanda June 25, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS

Pakistan to Approach UN After Blaming India for Bombing

Pakistan will take a dossier to the United Nations alleging its neighbour India has backed incidents of terrorism, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Islamabad said India was behind…

14 December 2022
FILE - Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Aug. 30, 2022. This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain, File)

New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered…

AP 09 December 2022
audi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks at the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/ Ahmed Yosri

Ministers Hold First Meeting of Saudi-Pakistani Steering Committee

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar discussed cooperation in the energy sector as they held the first meeting of the Saudi-Pakistani…

28 October 2022
Shakeela Bibi who is pregnant stands beside her tent at a relief camp for flood victims, in Fazilpur near Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Shazia Bhatti)

Pregnant Women Struggle To Find Care After Pakistan’s Floods

The first five months of Shakeela Bibi’s pregnancy were smooth. She picked out a name, Uthman, and made his clothes and furniture. She had regular checkups at home and access to medicine. Then an…

AP 17 October 2022
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on 28 February 2025. Shutterstock
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One year of Trump 2.0: the age of MAGA imperialism?

20 January 2026

From kidnapping Venezuela's president to proposing the annexation of Greenland, Trump appears to be the most 'imperialist' leader the US has had in decades

Christopher Phillips
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The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A man holds a Syrian flag as a group of civilians smash a statue of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter in the city of Tabqa after the Syrian army took control of it, in Tabqa, Syria, on 18 January 2026. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
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How the SDF's hand was twisted into Syria integration

19 January 2026

A decisive Syrian military campaign, coupled with diplomatic pressure from Türkiye, the US, and Israel, has forced the SDF into a far-reaching integration deal with Damascus

Omer Onhon
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China’s grand strategy reaches a critical juncture

06 January 2026

This could be a decisive year for Beijing as long-running strategies collide with harsher geopolitical realities. The outcomes will shape global power balances well beyond 2026.

Shirley Ze Yu
Ali Shaath during a press interview with a local radio station.
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Ali Shaath: Gaza’s technocrat of reconstruction

17 January 2026

Responsibility for the enclave's reconstruction has been placed in the hands of an experienced civil engineer native to Gaza

Mohammed Najib

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