Pakistan’s Supreme Court deemed former PM Imran khan’s arrest illegal and ordered his immediate release. Ex-Prime Minister Khan’s arrest has sparked deadly protests across the country that determined the government to deploy the military to restore order. Khan was arrested on charges of corruption on May 9th and placed in custody for eight days by a judge for his implication …
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Taliban authorities decreed taxi drivers must change the yellow color of their cars into turquoise, a move that sparked anger all over the country as taxi drivers say this means unforeseen costs for paint jobs while their income plummeted since the Taliban seized power. Taxi drivers were cited by press agencies saying that the already frail economy took a disastrous …
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Tehran. Walk near the former royal palace of the late Shah Pahlavi. It’s Friday. The hip youngsters are not at work. Couples walk around defiantly holding hands, though if caught by the Islamic morality police, they risk at least an admonishment, if not a trip to the police station ending with a fine and maybe even a few beatings. Alongside …
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People from all over Iran crowd around the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini. An old man from the north of the country tells me that in the elections he will do as the former supreme leader would have wished: “Imam Khomeini, hallowed be his name, told us to vote for those who help the oppressed people, because these oppressed people are …
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