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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
TopicTurkey

Topic: Turkey

Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ may not see very far unless it deals with journalist’s disappearance

Turkish police allege the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was critical of the Prince, was tortured and killed by a team from Saudi Arabia.

Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court judge, and May continues to show off her dancing skills

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Indian rupee, Asia’s worst performing currency, crashes past the 70 level to new low

The rupee dropped to 70.08 per dollar before recovering to 69.85 as state-run banks sold dollars, probably on behalf of RBI. There’s not a moment...

Weak rupee makes it difficult for RBI to fight inflation

RBI's plans are in trouble as rupee hits a new low after turmoil in Turkey. Inflation may stay around projections until next year. 

Indian forex reserves under new pressure as rupee crashes to all-time low

With RBI expected to aggressively shore up the rupee, analysts expect forex reserves to dip below $400-billion mark.

Trump plans on inviting Putin to US, and Israel passes controversial law

Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese leader to visit the UAE in decades, and Turkey President Erdogan is passing several laws to consolidate power. 

Iranian women protest against compulsory hijab & China responds to Trump’s trade war shots

Global giants USA and China continue their trade war and Sweden spies on South Korea's training at FIFA.

Imran Khan expels rape-convict leader hours after welcoming him in party

Here's what's happening across the border: Nabila becomes the official hair & make-up partner for India's IIFA and Chris Pratt expresses his love for Pakistan

Global Pulse: The peace process in North Korea isn’t so simple, “pretend-diplomacy” will not work

The situation in North Korea seems almost too good to be true, given how difficult peace processes have been in the past.

Global Pulse: Turkey’s President Erdogan has called for early elections in a move to cement his power

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for elections to be held on June 24 — a year and a half earlier than expected.

On Camera

‘I Love Muhammad’ is cheap politicisation of Prophet’s name. Don’t drag it to the streets

Muslims would do better to think about whether the public performance of religion strengthens or weakens secularism—the idea in which they have the highest stake.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.