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9 killed in Karachi as pro-Iran mob storms US Consulate over killing of Khamenei

Protests were also reported from Lahore, Skardu and Islamabad after the joint US-Israel strike in Iran.

Trump’s plan for Yemen was also Obama’s plan. Why bombing Houthi targets won’t end Red Sea war

While Trump warned that Houthis rebels 'will be completely annihilated', past US presidents too have ordered attacks. But, bombings have hardly helped in Yemen.

At condolence meet in Delhi for Nasrallah, Iran & Palestine envoys say Hezbollah will ‘rebuild itself’

Condolence meeting for the Hezbollah chief was organised by Shia group Anjuman-e-Haideri in Delhi. Envoys say new leaders will replace those slain, but they won't back down.

‘Closing ring of fire’ — outcry over Iraqi bill that may lower marriage age for girls to 9

Critics say bill will enshrine sectarianism in relationships, give power to clerics, and push Iraq toward religious patriarchy. A blow to women, children's rights, say rights groups.

Bus ambush, riot, blasts at Friday prayers — Pakistan’s bloody history of violence against Shias

Blast at a Shia mosque in Peshawar Friday killed at least 30 people. According to South Asia Terrorism Portal, nearly 2,700 Shias were killed in Pakistan between 2001 & June 2018.

Maulana Kalbe Sadiq — scholar, educational reformer & ‘India’s second Sir Syed’

Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, who urged his community to give the disputed Ayodhya land to Hindus and 'win millions of hearts', died Tuesday at 83.

The Muslims voting for the BJP are richer, more educated and conservative

More Muslims now support the BJP than they did in the last decade.

St Stephen’s College plans to replace philosophy course with theology

If it gets autonomy, Stephen’s will be able to start courses and departments on a self-financing model. The theology course could be a big money-spinner.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.