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Monday, August 18, 2025
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Nikki Haley calls for cutting US aid to Pakistan until they stop harbouring terrorists

Pakistan spent much of the nearly USD 1 billion received in 2017 in US foreign aid on military, former US envoy to UN Nikki Haley wrote in an op-ed.

New York, California among 16 US states suing Trump over border wall emergency

US president Donald Trump declared an emergency on Friday to divert billions of dollars to building a border wall along Mexico after Congress didn't approve its funding.

As Pakistan’s leverage with US, China, Saudi Arabia grows, is it even possible to isolate it?

Pakistan signed deals worth $20 billion with Saudi Arabia, even as India vows to isolate the neighbour diplomatically after the Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy.

PM and President’s Air India One planes to get state-of-the-art security systems

India will be purchasing two state-of-the-art missile defence systems for Air India One at an estimated cost of USD 190 million

No, Mr Trump, India has never built a library in Afghanistan

India has not even proposed a library to the Afghan government. It does, however, continue to remain one of Afghanistan's biggest aid donors.  

Bombay High Court junks PIL seeking health status of Manohar Parrikar in public domain

The court termed the petition as a half-hearted attempt to make serious inroads in the territory of privacy of an individual. 

Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Maneka most Googled person in Pakistan in 2018

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Human rights minister says US ignoring religious intolerance in India, andanti-graft body puts Shahbaz Sharif’s son on no-fly list.

Pakistan rejects US censure on its religious freedom violations

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Shah Mehmood Qureshi asks for India’s help to end the Afghan war; Balochistan cabinet calls CPEC spending in province so far a “joke”.

US announces $5 million reward for information on 26/11 attackers

The Trump administration's move comes less than a fortnight after Narendra Modi himself raised the issue with Vice President Mike Pence in Singapore.

Money, honour, hope – Why Donald Trump’s US & Imran Khan’s Pakistan are having an open spat

New Twitter spat between Donald Trump and Imran Khan is actually an old argument.

On Camera

History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?