Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is built on on a 2025 Saudi-Pakistani pact under which Pakistan had sent about 8,000 troops to the kingdom by May (Photo: Agencies). Pakistan defence forces…
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M23 guerrilla war’s shadow economy: How Congo’s militias turn guns, gold and tolls into profit
Guns, gold and tolls How Congo’s militias and guerrillas profit from the M23 war In a remote mining village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, teenagers carrying Kalashnikovs guard a…
The backstory: Che Guevara’s final hours – ‘You are only going to kill a man’
“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, you are only going to kill a man.”Nearly six decades after his death, Che Guevara is still 39 – and still…
Stun grenades, shattered jaw, severed hand: France’s student protests put police under scrutiny
File photo: French CRS riot police run past garbage bins and object set on fire amid clashes with protesters in Paris. France’s crackdown on high school protests is coming under…
Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw bought a Beverly Hills property for $29.8 million in 2010 and completed the mansion a year later; 16 years on, the 16,079-sq-ft estate is listed for $67.5 million
Photo credit (L-R): Getty Images; Realtor.com Dr. Phil McGraw and Robin McGraw are ready to part ways with their lavish Beverly Hills estate, more than a decade after transforming the…
Delhi-Varanasi in less than 4 hours, Mumbai-Pune in 48 minutes, Chennai-Bengaluru in over 1 hour: Indian Railways bets on seven new bullet train corridors in Rs 16 lakh crore high-speed push
Which seven routes have been selected for the new high-speed rail corridors? (Image for representative purpose only) Imagine travelling from Delhi to Varanasi by train in less than 4 hours,…