Pakistan weighs four-day work week amid fuel price protests
Rising global oil prices and worsening supply disruptions linked to escalating conflict in the Middle East are triggering fuel shortages, price spikes and growing public unrest around the world, with Pakistan among the countries now…
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Arctic Shield exercise tests NATO readiness in Greenland’s harsh terrain
Around 400 soldiers, sailors and airmen from ten NATO nations took part in the Arctic Shield 2026 exercise in Greenland from September 7 to 18, a Danish-led operation aimed at strengthening the alliance's ability to defend the territory on…
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Russia, China respond after US confirms weapons stationed in orbit
China has strongly criticised the United States after its Space Force confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons into orbit, with Beijing warning against turning space into a battlefield and calling for an end to what it…
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The US confirms weapons in orbit and tells us almost nothing more
For decades, the standard answer from senior United States defence officials asked about American weapons in space was a careful non-answer. On 14 September 2026, that changed in a single sentence delivered mid speech, and the sentence was…
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Trump’s Houthi refusal tests the limits of the MBS relationship
Mohammed bin Salman called Donald Trump twice on Thursday, 10 September 2026. Houthi forces were closing in on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, Saudi oil exports were under threat from a second direction, and the Saudi crown prince wanted American…
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BRICS New Delhi Declaration pushes UN reform, criticises unilateral tariffs
Leaders of the BRICS bloc unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration on Saturday, calling for sweeping reforms to global institutions, condemning what they termed unilateral acts of war, and pushing for greater representation of…
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Zelensky willing to meet Putin at Miami G20, Kremlin says no
The Kremlin has ruled out any meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G20 summit in Miami, insisting that any face-to-face talks between the two leaders can only happen in Moscow.…
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India-BRICS trade doubles to $417 billion ahead of summit in India
India's trade with BRICS nations has more than doubled over the past five years, climbing from $203 billion in 2020-21 to $417 billion in 2025-26, according to a new report by ASSOCHAM Global Research and Strategy Centre.
The report,…
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What India’s BRICS chairship actually delivered this year
India spent 2026 running the BRICS chairship under the banner Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability, and behind that fairly abstract sounding theme sits a genuinely practical bet, that a bloc once known mostly…
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Norway’s giant wealth fund proposes cutting its US Treasury holdings sharply
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has told Norway's government it wants to significantly reduce how much of America's debt it holds. It is a proposal rather than a done deal, but given the size of the fund making it, the mere…
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