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Oxford study finds world’s highest heat-risk cities concentrated in Asia and Africa
Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban…
Sexual violence and the weaponisation of the law
When we condemn Israeli apartheid but remain silent on Indian occupation, we fail to recognise that these are not separate struggles but part of a shared architecture of…
Immediate ceasefire declared as US and Iran head to Islamabad talks
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the ceasefire would apply “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”, positioning Islamabad as the central diplomatic…
Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors
As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…
IFC’s new gas projects will destroy Africa
This is a familiar pattern. International financial institutions socialise risk and privatise profit, while invoking development rhetoric to justify fossil fuel expansion in the…
A glance beyond the 6 July presser
The public confrontation between senior officials, the establishment of inquiries and the intense public debate surrounding the allegations all indicate that accountability…
Voices under Siege: Standing with Kashmir
Just as apartheid could not be normalised by time or silence, neither can the systematic denial of human rights in Kashmir
Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues
The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively
T20 World Cup: Thrilling low-scoring matches, surprising upsets, and South Africa’s rollercoaster journey
The ninth edition of the tournament has everything spectators could wish for
Nine dead in Pakistan strikes on Iran
Pakistan said the ‘precision military strikes’ were against terrorist hideouts
SA team helps safeguard Himalayan brown bear
Himalayan Brown Bears, Critically Endangered, University of the Free State, Pakistan, Francois Deacon, Willem Daffue, Saving the Survivors
Christian homes and churches vandalised in Pakistan blasphemy riot
Christians make up around two percent of the population and occupy one of the lowest rungs in Pakistani society
Pakistan floods show we must shift the global financing system in the age of climate change
More nuanced and constructive ways of measuring the vulnerabilities of nation states to climate crises are required
Pakistan floods highlight need for climate ‘loss and damage’ help
Torrential monsoon rains have killed more than a thousand, left a third of Pakistan under water and displaced hundreds of thousands
OPINION| Global nuclear disarmament is long overdue
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a step in the right direction, but the world will remain unbalanced while nine states still hold these dangerous weapons