New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a shutdown Sunday of the city’s entire traffic network to all but emergency travel ahead of a massive snowstorm expected to hit the northeast United States. Starting at 9pm Sunday to noon Monday a “state of emergency closes the streets, highways and bridges of New York City for all […]
The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling. “A deal is a deal,” said a commission statement. “As the United States’ largest trading partner, […]
The Munich Security Conference has, over the years, developed an unintended reputation. It is not just a venue where policy is discussed, it is a stage on which great powers occasionally drop their diplomatic mask and reveal what they believe the structure of the world should look like. In 2007, Vladimir Putin used that moment […]
Iran agreed a secret 500 million euro ($589 million) arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The agreement, signed in Moscow in December, commits Russia to deliver 500 man-portable “Verba” launch units and 2,500 “9M336” missiles over three years, the FT said, citing leaked Russian […]
A Syrian prison warden screams at a group of chained, crouching inmates in a harrowing scene from one of several Ramazan television series this year that tackle the era of former ruler Bashar al-Assad. Talking about Syria’s prisons and the torture, enforced disappearances and executions that took place there was taboo during half a century […]
Despite recurring political tensions between India and Pakistan, artistic collaborations across the border continue to emerge. The latest example is “Dar-e-Mustafa,” a devotional poem by Balochistan-based Pakistani poet Zaheer Zarf, recorded by Indian composer and singer Salim Merchant. Salim Merchant is a prominent name in the Indian film industry, known for lending his voice and […]