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LONDON: Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive,” to drive traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement. […]

  LONDON (Kashmir English): Pakistani students secured a resounding victory at the prestigious Oxford Union, decisively defeating an Indian panel on India’s Pakistan policy with a two-thirds majority vote. The debate focused on the resolution that India’s policy toward Pakistan inflames public sentiment under the guise of security. Despite being numerically outnumbered, the Pakistani delegation

WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC, the head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said. Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a statement that his agency had “halted all asylum

WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): The United States on Friday announced the halt of issuing visas and asylum decisions to people traveling on Afghan passports, days after one of the US National Guard soldiers died and another was wounded in a shooting near the White House. One victim, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died on Thursday; 24-year-old Andrew

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan condemned the killing of Chinese nationals in Tajikistan and called the terrorist attack a cowardly act. The Foreign Office termed the terrorist attacks from Afghan soil as extremely worrying and said that the entire international community is concerned about terrorism from Afghan soil. The use of drones in the attack illustrates

WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): A National Guard soldier injured in a shooting near the White House in Washington, D.C., has died. US President Donald Trump told the media that two National Guard members were shot yesterday. He confirmed that 20-year-old Sarah Backstrom died of her injuries, while 24-year-old Andrew Wolf is in critical condition. Trump said

DUSHANBE (Kashmir English): Three Chinese nationals were killed in an attack near the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, according to media reports. According to foreign media, Tajik authorities confirmed on Thursday that three Chinese workers were killed in an armed attack near the Afghan border. Tensions between Tajikistan and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have led to several