Iran disputes Afghan water treaty
Hasht-E Subh In the year 1872, when British General Gold Smith finalized the border between Iran and Afghanistan, he addressed the issue of the water […]
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India and Nepal: Fraught relationship marked by political interventions
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former prime minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba in New Delhi on April 2, 2022. Photo: Twitter @narendramodi. Sapan […]
What are the implications of the state crackdown on the violent protests following Imran Khan’s arrest in Pakistan?
A ‘situationer’ providing context and background to the violence and vandalism of the political protests in Pakistan with the protestors now being tried under military […]
World Cup security guards from Pak, India languish in Qatar jail following dispute over unpaid wages
Pete Pattisson / The Guardian Sapan News Four months after their arrest and five months after the FIFA World Cup final, two security guards from […]
World first Arab woman blast into space
Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali al-Qarni are to blast off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the ISS from Launch […]
UN pledges solidarity with Jamaica, and outlines ‘moral, power and practical’ barriers to development
UN Photo/Jermaine Duncan Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica shake hands prior to their press conference in Kingston, Jamaica. UN […]
Protests in Pakistan Continue
Supporters of Pakistan Democratic Alliance protest outside the Supreme Court, in Islamabad, May 15, 2023. Protesters demanded the resignation of the chief justice over ordering […]
Rana Bose, Montréal-based writer passes away
Rana Bose, Montréal-based novelist, playwright, poet, and dramaturge, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Rana was a passionate […]
Congress victory in Shimla elections
The recent Shimla local body elections in Himachal Pradesh marked a ‘hat-trick’ of wins in this northern state for the Indian National Congress. Did this […]
Journalists suffer under Taliban rule in Afghanistan
Sapan News While women have often been at the receiving end of gender-based discrimination and violence in patriarchal and repressive societies like Afghanistan, their situation […]