Widespread UN sanctions against Iran returned to force late on Saturday for the first time in a decade, following the collapse of last-ditch nuclear talks with Western powers. The measures, imposed three months after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities, target Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, while also expected to ripple […]

In a modest workshop imbued with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations: the making of the Kashmiri santoor. Surrounded by tools that have outlasted artisans, Zaz works with careful precision, each strike and polish echoing centuries of tradition in crafting the musical […]

Moldovans began voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could pivot the country, which neighbours Ukraine, away from its pro-European trajectory and closer to Moscow. Both the government and the European Union have accused Russia of “deeply interfering” in the electoral process. Moldova, an EU candidate country, has long been divided between closer integration with […]

In Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu in southern India, the number of fatalities in a stampede at a political rally organised by actor-politician Thalapathi Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), has risen to 39.   The tragic incident occurred on Saturday, 27 September. According to the Hindustan Times, 39 people have died and approximately […]