In a 2025 interview with Time magazine, President Donald Trump asserted that Iraq and Iran were essentially the “same power” that had fought each other “for a thousand years under different names,” a claim that reflects an absolutely superficial understanding of the region’s history for a leader contemplating confrontation with one of its major states. […]
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Iran War: A Watershed in the History of Liberation
As the US-Israeli aggression against Iran goes past the anticipated time of a few days to six weeks, the former vice-president and foreign minister of Iran, Javad Zarif, has advised the Iranian government to give up its uranium deposits meant for peaceful purposes and to enter a pact with the US to end the war. […]
History as Tragedy and Farce (Part II)
From a Leftist perspective, Aijaz Ahmad succinctly concluded, “Khomeini’s takeover was one of those rare conjunctures in which the revolution and the counter-revolution were condensed in the same moment…It was a decisive retreat of the Left from the Middle East and the rise to ideological hegemony of Islamic fundamentalism in that whole region- the history-as […]
History as Tragedy and Farce (Part I)
To borrow Dickens’ phrase, we are living in the worst of times and perhaps the best of times. “There is lots of upheaval under the sun,” Chairman Mao said, “and things are ideal for a revolution. Humanity is living in a time when imperialism is running amok. From the brazen genocide inflicted upon Palestine to […]
From rally tracks to drift circles: Dina Patel makes history
The story of Pakistan’s first female drifter, proving that determination and talent know no gender. The roar of engines, the smell of burning rubber, and a cloud of smoke hanging in the air-this is where history was made. At a drifting arena in Islamabad, Dina Rohinton Patel drove sideways into Pakistan’s motorsport record books, becoming […]
KP CM says October 27 darkest day in Kashmir history
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi here Monday expressed strong solidarity with the people of Kashmir, stating that October 27, 1947 marks the darkest day in the history of Kashmir when Indian forces invaded Srinagar to illegally occupy Jammu and Kashmir, unleashing a wave of oppression and tyranny against unarmed and innocent Kashmiris that […]
Former Japanese PM Tomiichi Murayama Dies at 101
TOKYO – Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has died at the age of 101, local media reported. Murayama is best remembered for his historic apology for Japan’s actions during World War II, issued on August 15, 1995. Speaking on national television, he expressed deep remorse for Japan’s colonial rule and wartime aggression, particularly in […]
Solomon Islands Still Battling WWII Bombs
HONIARA: When Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip struck metal while ploughing his field, he discovered not a rock — but one of the many unexploded World War II bombs still buried beneath the Pacific nation’s soil. From 1942 to 1945, fierce fighting between Japanese and Allied forces left behind tens of thousands of munitions. Today, these […]
From Cold War Pawns to Domestic Fire
History has a way of circling back to those who refuse to learn from it. In the late 1970s, Pakistan stood at the crossroads of global power politics, America’s frontline ally against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. What began as a calculated geopolitical move soon became one of the most disastrous social experiments of modern […]
German arrested for Hitler salute to Israeli athletes
Munich, Germany: A German security guard has been arrested for making a Hitler salute in front of a group of Israeli athletes visiting a memorial to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, police said on Wednesday. The 16 athletes from the Israeli European Championships team were visiting the Olympic Park in Munich on Tuesday evening when […]