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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicUS Govt

Topic: US Govt

Despite concerns from lawmakers, USAID funded American charity linked to banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa

The under-fire agency gave thousands of dollars to Michigan-based HHRD that had ties with Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) & Milli Muslim League (MML), also banned in US.

Apple clashes again with US govt over access to iPhones of terrorist

The tussle between Apple and US govt has put the world’s largest tech firm under renewed pressure to weaken privacy features that have become a key selling point.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.