Pakistan’s military have been engaged in a deadly standoff for more than 24 hours with armed militants who hijacked a train and took hostages, in a dramatic escalation of an insurgency that has plagued the region for decades. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group active in the…
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Editor’s Note: Jonathan Todres is Catherine C. Henson professor of law at Georgia State University. He is the author…
The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new…
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Russia said dozens of drones were launched at Moscow on Tuesday in what it said were “enemy” attacks, using…
Former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International…