TURKISH ELECTIONS HAVE A REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR

Sat 08 Apr 2023: Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is campaigning across the country to encourage voters to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Campaign meetings have no songs or music out of respect for the bereaved families who lost loved ones in the devastating earthquakes in February that killed more than 50,000 […]

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ARE WE WITNESSING THE END OF PAKISTAN’S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT?

Fri 07 April 2023: In the West, the existence of a “deep state” remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets have rushed to condemn the concept as a conspiracy theory. Even so, many in Britain, for example, still refer to the “Establishment”.  […]

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‘EMPIRE STRIKES BACK’: DIVERSITY AT HEIGHT OF UK POLITICS PRAISED

Thu 30 March 2023: This week marked a new era, with Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf in charge at Holyrood as Rishi Sunak, whose ancestors hail from India, leads at Westminster. When Humza Yousaf became Scotland’s new leader this week, the world of British politics entered a new era of diversity. With Pakistani-origin Yousaf in charge at […]

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US SAYS CHINA MAY SPY WITH TIKTOK. IT USES GOOGLE TO SPY GLOBALLY

Wed 29 March 2023: Lawmakers’ push to ban the app comes as they mull extending powers that force tech firms to facilitate mass snooping for the United States. Taipei, Taiwan – During a five-hour grilling of the chief executive of TikTok last week, United States lawmakers railed against the possibility of China using the wildly popular, […]

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR EXPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’

Tue 28 March 2023: Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries. The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the “double standards” of human rights internationally, a new Amnesty International report has said, with the West adopting a tough response to Russia’s war of aggression while also maintaining a […]

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‘AMRITPAL JUSTIFIES DEMAND OF SIKH NATION AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF DEMAND FOR A HINDU NATION’

Tue 28 March 2023: The unprecedented scale of action on Amritpal, who otherwise could have been arrested without either much noise or spectacle, appears to be an attempt to demoralise civil society by creating a ‘fear psychosis’, says historian and expert, Prof. Harjeshwar Singh. Chandigarh: A sense of uncertainty continues in Punjab as the police chase […]

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THE WEST IS EXPLOITING TURKIYE’S CRISES TO BACK ERDOGAN’S OPPONENTS

Mon 27 March 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his official election campaign on 10 March. The presidential and parliamentary elections have been brought forward to 14 May, having originally been scheduled for 18 June. Erdogan said that the change will boost voter turnout by avoiding any clash with university exams, school holidays […]

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AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE CHALLENGING ISRAEL’S PLOT ACROSS THE CONTINENT

Sun 26 March 2023: The sight of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li and other Israeli delegates being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February was historic. The very moment that was meant to crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African continent turned within a few seconds […]

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