Monitoring Desk: US President Trump has nominated Rep. Wesley Hunt to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia who has been critical about Saudi Arabia and Sharia laws. Saudi Arabia has no permanent US Ambassador since Michael Ratney left office at the end of the Biden administration. Rep. Wesley Hunt is a Texas Congressman and Army veteran who served in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In one of his interviews, argued that Sharia law involves harsh realities like public beheadings and severe restrictions on women’s rights. In this interview, he stated that such systems (Sharia law) are incompatible with American and Texan values, urging immigrants to assimilate by respecting U.S. laws, culture, and traditions instead of importing conflicting ideologies. Hunt warns against systems that undermine communities, a message that has drawn strong engagement amid ongoing U.S. immigration and cultural debates. He said: People who dismiss Sharia law as fear-mongering have never lived under it. I lived in Saudi Arabia. I lived in…

Monitoring Desk: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said that as Azerbaijan grows stronger and brings its full potential to bear, a dirty Western media campaign is again being waged against us (Azerbaijan). President Ilham Aliyev said at a meeting in Baku with participants of international conferences. The head of state noted that they seek to discredit Azerbaijan, publishing articles full of lies, slander and defamation every day, reports Azertac News Agency.

Editorial The world is observing today, September 15, the International Day of Democracy. According to books, democracy ensures the sovereignty and will of the people, equality, freedom, human dignity, justice, the rule of law, and respect for dissent and minority points of view. Much celebration is being held in the Western world where, during the last two years, thousands of students lost their university admissions and hundreds of teachers lost their jobs in educational institutions for holding protests against Israeli genocide in Gaza because they thought they enjoyed equality with chosen people (Israelis), freedom of expression, and their societies respected human dignity and the right of dissent. While holding protests in favour of Palestinians, they also forgot that the Magna Carta, which was established in 1215, was practically overwritten in 1945 when it was decided by European countries that Holocaust denial is punishable by imprisonment—so expression against states’ decision that the Holocaust took…

Monitoring Desk: Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said that there will be no talks with terrorists who are harming the country. While responding to questions from journalists, CM Bugti clarified the provincial government’s stance and policy priorities. The Chief Minister stated that security forces in Balochistan are performing their duties under challenging circumstances and State institutions are working in complete coordination in the war against terrorism. He added that there will be no dialogue under any circumstances with those who have taken up arms against the state. “The war will continue until the last terrorist in Balochistan is eliminated; the civil and military leadership are united and resolute in the fight against terrorism, and there is no ambiguity or confusion regarding this matter,” said Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti. He expressed these views on Saturday while speaking via video link with national media anchors, senior journalists, and other representatives at the Chief Minister’s…