Liberal Democrats are reportedly revolting against party leadership, accusing them of surrendering to President Trump on government reopening without securing healthcare subsidy extensions. This internal dissent follows a new bill to end the shutdown, supported by centrist Democrats, heading to the House. Activists and some lawmakers are demanding leadership changes, citing a betrayal of their mandate.

Shehbaz Sharif blamed “Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies” for the Islamabad attack, and an attack on a cadet college near the border with Afghanistan, without any evidence.

“I have lost the people whose faces I used to see smiling,” says Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed after escaping el-Fasher. 

​”I have lost the people whose faces I used to see smiling,” says Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed after escaping el-Fasher.