The “Regulations on the Protection of State Secrets in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,” (新疆维吾尔自治区保守国家秘密条例), which took effect on March 1, 2026, is a...
The “Regulations on the Protection of State Secrets in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,” (新疆维吾尔自治区保守国家秘密条例), which took effect on March 1, 2026, is a...
As Jason Beaman recounts his long slog searching for mental health therapy last year, he sounds defeated.
The first therapist assigned to him by the Department of Veterans Affairs told him at their initial meeting that she was leaving the agency. A few months later, his second therapist told him she was also leaving. An appointment with a third counselor was canceled with no explanation.
On 2 April, the United States and Israel bombed the 106-year-old Pasteur Institute, targeting one of Iran’s oldest and most critical public health institutions. Established in 1920, the institute has long been central to vaccine production, infectious disease surveillance, and epidemiological research in the Middle East and beyond.
Since the founding of Pakistan in 1947, not a single prime minister has served the full five-year term. If this fact betokens a country marked by instability and sudden changes in the political mood then last week’s remarkable elections have done little to change that reputation. The electoral analysts were proved wrong, as candidates loyal to the imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, stunned outside observers – and even the country’s political elite – by winning the most seats. One thing can now be predicted with confidence: a new period of political turmoil.
