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India-Pakistan tension deepens

Shawdesh Desk: Tension between India and Pakistan deepened as India on Thursday hit back at nuclear rival Pakistan’s downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying its decision

Maryam Nawaz arrested amid crackdown

Shawdesh Desk: Pakistani anti-corruption officials arrested opposition leader and daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif Thursday, one of the most high-profile arrests in a crackdown on alleged

Muslim pilgrims descend on Makkah for Hajj

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, many gripping umbrellas to ward off Saudi Arabia’s blistering summer sun, descended on Mecca this week ahead of the annual Hajj. Saudi

UN flags need to cut meat to curb land use impact on global warming

Shawdesh Desk: Global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity, a United Nations report on

Saudi Arabia ready for Hajj amid Gulf tensions

Shawdesh Desk: More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, against a backdrop of tensions in

FBI launches terror investigation into California fest shooting

The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism investigation into a mass shooting at a California festival last month after finding evidence of ‘violent ideologies’ on the gunman’s digital devices, officials

Ladakh Buddhists cheer as China decries India’s move over Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: The Buddhist enclave of Ladakh cheered India’s move to hive it off from Jammu and Kashmir state, a change that could spur tourism and help New Delhi counter

Indonesian walks 700-km backwards to highlight deforestation

Shawdesh Desk: An Indonesia man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with one of the