President Donald Trump met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House yesterday. Alongside Imran Khan, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also met with members of the current US administration. Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Qamar Javed Bajwa also accompanied the country’s prime minister in his maiden trip to the USA. During […]
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In a show of strength and unity, people from all over the country arrived in London to protest against Brexit. The protesters at the demonstration displayed placards calling for the revocation of Article 50, demands for a second referendum and demonstrators also held posters decrying Boris Johnson’s looming premiership. The protest, which became know as […]
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Politics has changed significantly from what it used to be around 10 years ago. Today, it is no longer solely down to those in and around the political elite to influence voters. It has extended beyond the walls of Westminster, of political commentators, analysts – and, it has landed into the hands of individuals, typically […]
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With a majority of just nine votes, Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Union’s Commission President. The winner was required to attain at least 374 votes, but Mrs Ursula von der Leyen managed to attain a total of 383 votes. Her successful election now means that she will replace Jean-Claude Juncker. […]
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India has been knocked out of the ICC Cricket World Cup after their batting side collapsed on just 221 runs. which was 18 runs short of the target set by New Zealand. A great majority of cricket fans had predicted that India would win because it was thought to be the favourite team in this […]
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Terrible weather at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester forced the suspension of the first semi-final match yesterday. Due to the persistence of rain, the match had to be stopped during New Zealand’s inning at 46.1 Overs, with 3.5 Overs still remaining of their inning. When the cricket match resumes today at 10:30 (BST), […]
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Mohammed Amin has certainly done justice to Elie Wiesel’s call to “take sides”. In the Conservative leadership race, he has vehemently articulated his opposition to Boris Johnson; and, in the ongoing Brexit chaos he unequivocally backed a party that supports remaining in the EU. However, this came at a price because the Conservative Party is […]
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After 43 One Day Internationals in England and Wales, the teams for the semi-final stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup have been decided. Based on the points table, Australia, India, England and New Zealand will definitely move on to the knockout phase of the Cricket World Cup. As illustrated below, Australia are on 14 […]
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Crises exploded in Sudan over a month ago now and after weeks of violence, the West are still relatively lacklustre in their approach to the uprising. Although violence only erupted in the summer of 2019, unrest began to fester as late as December 2018, after president Bashir’s government introduced swathes of austerity measures on the […]
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The Hegelian tsunami of anti-globalist populism that has swept across the Western world in recent years has rendered decades of conventional wisdom redundant and polarised political debate for the first time since the End of History. The French presidential election of 2017 was a near-perfect archetype of what happens when establishment reactions at populist insurgency […]
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