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Cambodia has long had a problem with its own citizens being trafficked into nearby countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, where they work in slave-like conditions. But stamping out foreign-run trafficking rings within its borders is a new phenomenon, and Phnom Penh's ability to...
The US government has notified Congress of a proposed foreign military sale of $450 million to Pakistan to sustain the Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 programme, a US State Department spokesperson told Dawn on Thursday. Another official statement said the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered...
India has yet to officially respond to the US agreeing to a $450 million fleet-sustainment aid package for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday, to upgrade three squadrons of its 65-odd F-16 ‘Fighting Falcon’ fighters, with the ostensible aim of boosting Islamabad’s counterterrorism...
In Iraq’s November 2021 parliamentary elections, Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr and his Tripartite Coalition won a majority of seats, and were apparently poised to oust former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Iran-backed Coordination Framework. However, Iraq’s constitution...
The Biden administration on Thursday announced a fresh $675 million military aid package for Ukraine and pledged to make available another $1 billion in American-made weapons as officials sent the strongest signal yet that Washington is broadening its focus beyond the battle with Russia and aiming to...
Pakistan is currently experiencing one of the worst environmental disasters in the world. One-third of the country is under water. Over 1325 people have died and 33 million have been impacted. The latest statistics show that over 1600 have been injured, 325,000 homes destroyed, 735,000 livestock lost...
As Pakistan reels from some of its worst flooding ever, survivors are asking why more wasn't done to prepare communities long known to be at risk. The vast scale of the disaster – following a record heat wave across South Asia in May – is also adding to pressure on rich nations over reparations ahead of November’s UN climate summit...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated that any new investments in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects' could pose a risk to debt sustainability in Pakistan, media reports said. IMF gave this wake-up call in...
The strike last month on al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri showed at first glance that U.S. forces can still carry out military and intelligence missions in Afghanistan without American boots on the ground. Beneath the surface, however, the bombing of al-Zawahri’s safe house in Kabul exposed much deeper, long-term problems for the U.S...
The Biden administration is arming Ukraine with weapons that can do serious damage to Russian forces, and, unlike early in the war, U.S. officials don’t appear worried about Moscow’s reaction. In the past several months, Washington has detailed tranches of new drones, harder-hitting missiles and deadly rocket systems as part of...