Human trafficking takes horrific dimension: UN report
Nearly a third of human trafficking victims are children; The ‘Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018’ from the UN
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Twenty Chinese school children wounded in hammer attack
Reuters BEIJING: A Chinese man attacked at least 20 young children at a Beijing primary school with a hammer on
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Afghan Taliban call off peace talks with US over ‘agenda differences’
Reuters PESHAWAR The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they had called off peace talks with US officials in Qatar this
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China invites UN observers to restive region of Xinjiang, but with ‘conditions’
AFP China said on Monday it would welcome UN officials to the restive western region of Xinjiang with the condition
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Politics: Empire’s racketeers
Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of
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Global justice: How to think about Empire
Boston Review speaks with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term ‘postcolonialism.’ In her second novel,
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Martin Farrer brings the best news from the Guardian this Monday morning. It might be the new year, but it’s
Read MoreTerrorism bogey
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been almost two decades since the ‘war on terror’ exploded into the public consciousness. Today,
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Pakistan asked not to interfere in intra-Afghan affairs
Afghan Peace Process is a golden opportunity for Pakistan to play smart diplomacy, experts News Desk Islamabad Afghan Peace Process
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Inside Mother Camp: the woman tackling Afghanistan’s drug problem
Laila Haidari risks her life to run the country’s only private rehabilitation centre, helping hundreds of addicts a year Ruchi
Read MoreOutrage after Netflix pulls comedy show criticising Saudi Arabia
Standup Hasan Minhaj had mocked official accounts about fate of Jamal Khashoggi Netflix has taken down an episode of
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Chang’e 4 landing: China probe makes historic touchdown on far side of the moon
Lander sends back first close-up shot of previously unexplored side of the moon A Chinese spacecraft has become the first
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Down to Earth: a new vocabulary for climate justice from Bruno Latour
Mattias Borg Rasmussen and Jens Friis Lund How are we to inhabit a world ravaged by the Modern? To Bruno
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Runyu Liang This week’s video features Himalayan rap set in New York City. The rap refers to the new generation
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US-China antagonism
The world in 2019: The vexed politics of our times has obscured the view ahead. Many of those peering with
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