Habib Siddiqui

  Two agents reportedly from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the United States have been killed in a car crash in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, leading to questions about their activities in the country. On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the matter from the podium at her morning news conference. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Mexico’s President welcomes FIFA Chief list 2 of 3 Mexico arrests suspected Hungarian drug trafficker amid crime crackdown list 3 of 3 Mexico, Spain and Brazil call for Cuba’s sovereignty to be protected end of list She underscored that a probe is under way, as Mexican law requires that foreign agents receive federal authorisation to operate in the country. US agents, in other words, cannot work directly with state-level Mexican officials without prior approval from Sheinbaum’s government. It is unclear whether that standard was followed in this incident. Sheinbaum also acknowledged there were conflicting rep...

  By  Yashraj Sharma Published On 22 Apr 2026 22 Apr 2026 New Delhi, India –  Violence has erupted yet again in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, shattering months of relative calm after a bomb blast earlier this month killed two children. The state, sharing a 400km- (250-mile-) long border with Myanmar, is bitterly divided between the mainly Hindu Meitei majority, who live in the valley, and the predominantly Christian Kuki-Zo community that mostly lives in the hills. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty list 2 of 4 ‘No longer a threat’: How Canada U-turned on India ahead of Carney visit list 3 of 4 From Gaza to defence: Five key takeaways from Indian PM Modi’s Israel visit list 4 of 4 Who are India and Pakistan blaming for Delhi, Islamabad blasts? end of list The renewed violence is the latest chapter of a three-year-long civil conflict that has torn the state apart, leaving communitie...

  An Israeli soldier damages the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debel, Lebanon, in this still image obtained from social media released on April 19, 2026 [Social media/via Reuters] Many Christians felt offended after a video circulated on social media showing an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon knocking down a statue of Jesus, decapitating it and striking its head as it lay on the ground. The act is offensive and painful, particularly for Christians, for whom such an image is not only disrespectful but also a desecration. Israeli officials have dismissed the incident as an isolated act. But this raises a deeper question: What kind of culture produces such a moment? What kind of religious, political or ideological formation shapes a soldier who carries out such an act and records it? Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Beirut apartment damaged in Israeli strike list 2 of 4 Lebanese, Israeli ambassadors begin direct talks in US list 3 of 4 Iranian missiles cause injurie...

  Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email Locations struck by: United States and Israel Iran, Hezbollah, Houthis, and PMF. Image Source: Wikimedia maps | Map data © OpenStreetMap –  CC BY-SA 2.0 Events in the Middle East following the February 28, 2026, US-Israeli bombing attack on Iran recall for us the prophecy recounted by Herodotus of the oracles of Delphi to Croesus the king of the Lydians: if he attacked the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire. The doomed empire turned out to be his own. The political, economic, military, environmental, and moral catastrophe of the current war unleashed by President Trump has raised questions around the world about his mental bearings and the future of the American Empire. Much of the criticism aimed at Trump for taking the United States  into the ruinous Iran war concerns his alleged authoritarian departure from constitutional norms. A loud chorus online and in the press denounces him for flouting the Constitution’s separation...