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673Panama papers probe : JIT finds disparities in PM Nawaz Sharif family income
In a setback to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a Supreme Court ordered probe panel in its final report on the Panamagate...
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654Mosul ‘liberated’ as Iraqi PM declares victory against ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, also known...
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777Confronting the Himalayan Environmental Crisis
The last 12 months have marked significant progress in global renewable energy development, but the world’s most critical region is...
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1.0KTheoretical Reflections on the State in the Era of Trump
By Amar Diwakar How ‘Deep’ is Your State? A spate of articles and conversations have been circulating social media feeds that have...
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648Twitter clarifies on controversial tweet by US President Donald Trump
Twitter has clarified that U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-media’ tweet does not violate its rules. Twitter told CNN that the company had...
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849Weak and Wobbly
By Amar Diwakar The U.K. general election verdict is official: a hung parliament it is. Devoid of an overall majority, the Conservatives bring...
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1.8KCPEC and the Environment: Good, Bad or Ugly?
Graffiti celebrates CPEC on the walls of Pakistan [Image by Zofeen T Ebrahim] By Zofeen T. Ebrahim Mohammad Saleem and Badar Din...
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792The iron chancellor who reunited Germany : Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl, the German chancellor who oversaw his country’s 1990 reunification after the Cold War, helped forge Europe’s economic and monetary union...
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732Pakistan rocked on Eid eve as 157 are killed by Oil tanker Explosion
Eid celebrations in Pakistan were today overshadowed by the grisly oil tanker explosion as the death toll in the catastrophic fire rose...
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871Syrian Civil War: Levantine Charnel House: An Analytical and Moral Cul-de-sac
By Amar Diwakar Scratch the surface, and the sectarian nature of the Syrian civil war is a subterranean expression of an utterly alienated...
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Look at the upcoming US Presidential polls in 2020. Can Trump get a second term? How is Britain coping with the exit post Brexit? How is Boris Johnson faring as Prime Minister? Can he deliver given the huge mandate he got in the recent national polls?
The threats that European nations face from terror groups like ISIS are also covered. How are they dealing with terrorism? How is the world united in fighting terror in different parts of the world? In the new world order, terrorism remains one of the biggest threats to world peace, harmony, and development.
How is the superstar cricketer turned politician Imran Khan handling Pakistan as Prime Minister? These are some of the topics that arouse interest and curiosity among readers. World Watch tries to provide comprehensive coverage of all such developments.
G8 and G20 summits, the annual United Nations General Assembly sessions, and the role of the United Nations Security Council are also covered whenever they act as intermediaries between nations to resolve disputes. Their efforts to maintain peace and prevent conflicts that could lead to war are closely followed.
The political developments in Asian nations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Myanmar are also monitored. The changing equations among SAARC nations across different sectors are covered in detail.
The section also covers how the world is coping with the deadly coronavirus, its global impact, and the efforts made by different countries to recover from the pandemic.
