The Middle East finds itself on the precipice of a significant military escalation as United States President Donald Trump issued a chilling ten-day ultimatum to Tehran. Speaking at a Gaza Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Thursday, the President warned that should Iran fail to commit to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within the next […]

In a landmark ruling that has sent shockwaves through East Asia, a South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to life imprisonment. The verdict, delivered on Thursday, follows a high-stakes trial that classified his abortive attempt to impose martial law in December 2024 as an act of “rebellion” against the state. The crisis […]

In a chilling escalation of systemic gender oppression, the Taliban administration in Afghanistan has formalised a new 90-page penal code that effectively legalises domestic violence. According to a report by The Independent, the decree—personally ratified by the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada—grants husbands the explicit authority to physically “punish” their wives and children, provided the […]