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Pakistan in panic mode

Shawdesh Desk: It’s going to be a month since the Indian Parliament legislated radical steps in making two union territories out of Jammu and Kashmir State. Such a move has

HK students boycott classes supporting protesters

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of Hong Kong university and school students swapped classes for democracy demonstrations on Monday, the latest act of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the

Number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon basin still on rise

Shawdesh desk: The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday. In the first 48 hours

Dozens arrested over Papua protests

Shawdesh Desk: Indonesian police have arrested dozens of people in the easternmost region of Papua following protests last week in which buildings were set ablaze, a police spokesman said on

Hurricane Dorian set to slam Bahamas

Shawdesh Desk: Hurricane Dorian is set to slam the Bahamas on Sunday as a dangerous category 4 storm, pounding the islands with up to two days of torrential rain, high

SA threatens to quit wildlife trade monitor

Shawdesh Desk: Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused to relax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a

Hong Kong protesters expected to regroup despite police ban

Shawdesh Desk: Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its

Iranian journalist seeks asylum after fleeing foreign minister’s press corps

An Iranian journalist who travelled to Sweden with the foreign minister of Iran last week and fled during the trip is trying to claim asylum in Europe over fears of