Afghanistan’s defiance and Pakistan’s indulgence have shaped a cycle of mistrust, militancy, and smuggling The writer is a security and development expert with a PhD from NUST. Email him at rwjanj@hotmail.com Afghanistan has developed some misgivings due to our shared history and the two foreign interventions with different results. Distorted interpretation of historical facts, revanchism…
The government is facing a bigger-than-expected hole in the public finances as it prepares for next month’s Budget. A downgrade to the UK’s productivity performance from the government’s official forecaster could lead to the chancellor facing a £20bn gap in meeting her tax and spending rules, the BBC understands. Rachel Reeves has confirmed both tax…
Getty Images Campaigners say a national registry could lead to faster diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for patients Nearly 3,500 people have signed a petition calling for a national endometriosis registry in the hope of improving care, waiting times and awareness. The condition affects one in ten women, but Endometriosis UK say poor recording within the…
Alaina GetzenbergOct 27, 2025, 11:00 AM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. Buffalo Bills…
Steve Coogan has settled a libel claim over 2022’s The Lost King after a university academic sued over his depiction in the film. The British actor-comedian wrote and starred in the drama following the hunt for King Richard III’s remains in 2012. But a University of Leicester employee named Richard Taylor later sued Coogan —as…
The United States and China have reached a tentative framework to avert a renewed escalation in their long-running trade dispute, with both sides signaling readiness for compromise ahead of a planned meeting between the two countries’ top leaders. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet face-to-face on the sidelines of the…
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Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images The goal to keep the rise in temperatures under 1.5C is failing badly according to a UN review of nations’ carbon-cutting plans ahead of next week’s COP30 summit. Only 64 countries have submitted new pledges to limit planet-warming gases this year, despite all being required to do so by now…
The administrative steel frame of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) was first praised by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in the House of Commons, where he lauded it as the firm backbone of British rule in the subcontinent. Years later, on the eve of Partition, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel echoed that tribute, calling the Service…
Much too often in this country, some news so harrowing crosses our eyes that the daily toil of letting routine bureaucratic mismanagement fade into the background catches up to us. One such incident recently occurred in Mirpurkhas, when a 24-year-old woman seeking custody of her minor daughter was allegedly raped by the very police officer…
