Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company
Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice If the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, goes ahead with plans to…
Pakistan Govt, millers agree to reduce flour price by Rs6 per kilo
A high-level meeting between the government and millers’ representatives on Friday decided to reduce the ex-mill price of flour by Rs6 per kilogram, bringing it down from Rs161 to Rs155…
Xi’an-Ankang high-speed railway boosts tourism in Ankang, China’s Shaanxi
Passengers are pictured at the Ankang West Railway Station in Ankang, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Oct. 8, 2026. The city of Ankang receives a surging number of tourists, thanks to…
Pakistan: Pro-growth policies
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a shift from stabilization to pro-growth policies with a focus on exports, productivity, employment and technology. While many may consider his call to…
Chinese university’s Kazakhstan campus fosters talent, strengthens educational ties
“Dong — dong as in dongfang, the East.” In autumn-hued Almaty, the sound of students reciting Chinese drifts from a teaching building at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Inside a classroom…
Netanyahu’s October 7 transcripts may have been doctored, PM’s ex-military aide says
Netanyahu, Smotrich exclude Ben-Gvir from right-wing election conference National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit party have been excluded from a convention to mobilize right-wing voters organized by…