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Hostage Standoff Unfolds at Bank in Western Germany

Frankfurt — Multiple hostages were being held inside a bank in western Germany on Friday after armed suspects seized the

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From Denial to Exposure: How Operation Sindoor Unmasked Pakistan

The international community has, for too long, accepted Pakistan’s victim narrative at face value. The reasoning has often been geopolitical.

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Crisis Broker vs. Long Game: India, Pakistan, and the Illusion of Mediation Power

The broker gets the headline. Whether the broker shapes the outcome is a different matter entirely. Every few years, usually

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OPINION: Nancy Grewal said she was unsafe in Canada. Then Canada failed her

Nancy Grewal’s family is demanding justice. Justice now means more than solving a murder. Western democracies like to sermonize about

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Pakistan’s Sikh Optics: What One Army Promotion Reveals and Conceals

For Pakistan’s small Sikh community, long associated with sacred shrines and historical memory, but seldom with state authority, it marked

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China’s Cartographic Offensive on Three Fronts—and What It Means for India

India has tended to treat each episode as a bilateral matter, protest, and move on. On April 10, 2026, China’s

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Nancy Grewal’s Murder in Canada: Khalistan Links and Prior Threats

Nancy had said she was unsafe. She had said her home was targeted. She had gone to police with names.

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A Different Ending: India’s Quiet Victory Over Leftwing Extremism

The increasing number of voluntary surrenders suggests that more people now see returning as a viable option. For anyone who

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Geneva Raises the Alarm on Pakistan’s Transnational Repression

What is unfolding in Pakistan’s case is part of a wider global trend. The line between domestic and international repression

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From Pakistan to Iran’s IRGC: How the Asif Merchant Plot Targeted U.S. Leaders

The Merchant case therefore fits a recognizable pattern: recruitment outside Iran, deployment in third countries, and reliance on criminal intermediaries

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