EXPLAINER Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears? Protesters fear than a plan to modernise agriculture could leave the lower riparian province of Sindh without water. Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir (left) hands over the inaugural scroll of the Green Pakistan Initiative to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in July 2023 [Handout/Prime…
Trump says he may cut China tariffs to secure TikTok deal Trump says he will be willing to extend TikTok sale deadline in exchange for trade concessions. Devotees of TikTok in Washington, DC [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP] Published On 27 Mar 202527 Mar 2025 United States President Donald Trump says he would be willing to…
EXPLAINER Pete Hegseth says Signal chat had no ‘war plans’. He’s wrong, say experts Signal app messages revealed Yemen bombing timelines, prompting debate about their classification and implications. Video Duration 01 minutes 58 seconds play-arrow 01:58 US intelligence app chat: White House says no sensitive information was shared By Politifact I Grace Abels and Amy ShermanPublished…
‘Cat and mouse game’: Zimbabwe gov’t workers moonlight as street vendors With high inflation and a struggling economy, civil servants say they need secret side hustles to make ends meet. A vendor sells food items from a cart in Harare’s central business district [Calvin Manika/Al Jazeera] By Calvin ManikaPublished On 27 Mar 202527 Mar 2025 Harare,…
Palestinians face struggle to survive in Gaza or being forced out by Israel Israel’s call for Palestinians to leave Gaza has been called ethnic cleansing. Mohammed al-Nabahin, 77, says he will never leave Gaza [Atia Darwish/Al Jazeera] By Maram HumaidPublished On 27 Mar 202527 Mar 2025 Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine – Listening to the radio…
‘Columbia let me down’: How Indian scholar expelled by Trump fled the US A visa revocation and warrantless agents at her door upended life for Ranjani Srinivasan, spooking her into leaving her home and cat amid Trump’s campus crackdown on pro-Palestine sentiment. Still from a security video shared on X by US Secretary of Homeland…
We compare and contrast Donald Trump criticising Hillary Clinton for risking sensitive data with a private email server
Lakers vs Pacers: LeBron James game winner at buzzer lifts Los Angeles LeBron James helped the LA Lakers avoid a fourth straight loss with a dramatic last-second putback against Indiana. LeBron James #23, left, and Jaxson Hayes #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrate after the game against the Indiana Pacers on March 26, 2025,…
South Korea says wildfires worst in its history, death toll rises to 26 Firefighters are struggling to contain the wildfires, which continue to grow rapidly in size, fuelled by strong winds and dry conditions. Korea Forest Service personnel observe a wildfire from the side of a road in Andong province on March 27, 2025 [Antony…
Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese set to call election ‘imminently’ Prime Minister Albanese’s Labor Party has introduced new tax cuts in advance of general election due before May 17. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a signing ceremony at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra in June 2024 [Lukas Coch/Pool via Reuters] Published…