January 4 marks 15 years since my father, Salmaan Taseer, was taken from us — not only from his family, but from a nation still grappling with the questions he dared to ask and the values he refused to abandon. Time has a way of softening grief, but it does not dilute memory. For those […]
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Seven officers among 14 crew killed in fire on Russian submersible
MOSCOW: Fourteen Russian seamen have died in a fire on a deep-water research submersible, Russia’s defence ministry said Tuesday, the latest in a string of disasters and accidents to hit the country’s navy. President Vladimir Putin ordered a full investigation into the tragedy in the far north, which has echoes of the sinking of the […]