Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Editor-in-chief, The Eastern Herald. Counter terrorism, diplomacy, Middle East affairs, Russian affairs and International policy expert.

A man walks past a banner of Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on a Tehran street during the Iran-Israel war 2026

Iran’s 90 Million: Tehran’s Enemy Within and a World Forced to Watch

A new analysis argues Iran's 90 million people, economically devastated and generationally alienated, pose a more durable threat to the Islamic Republic than any military campaign. With the blockade having collapsed oil

July 20, 2026

by Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Mosaic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founding father of Bangladesh in Gopalganj with election banners 2026

The Party That Made Bangladesh Is Now Illegal in Bangladesh

The Awami League organized the liberation war that made Bangladesh possible. Fifty-three years later, Bangladesh has banned it, tried its leader to death in absentia, and held an election without it. This is not accountability. It is obliteration, and history

July 17, 2026

by Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Global Crypto Roundup: Bitcoin Climbs Above $60K on Fed Relief, CLARITY Act Nears Deadline, Gulf Nations Expand Digital Asset Frameworks

Bitcoin surged past $60,000 on July 1 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh signalled lower inflation risks.

A Palestinian man walks through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza after Israeli attacks, as the US approves a $6.7 billion weapons deal for Israel

US $6.7 Billion Weapons Surge Feeds Gaza Genocide

WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at joint press conference at F-16 air flotilla base in Uppsala Sweden

The Patriot Letter Nobody in Washington Is Answering

Zelenskyy sent Trump a five-page letter begging for Patriot missiles after Russia's worst attack on Kyiv in four years. Washington has not responded. That silence may be the most honest thing America

May 30, 2026

Columnists·Opinion

Modi’s Melody Moment: A One-Rupee Toffee Shakes Dalal Street, Captivates Rome, and Puts India on the Global Confectionery Map

ROME — It began with a packet of toffees and a shared laugh at the foot of the Colosseum. By the time the video finished its journey across social media platforms on

May 21, 2026

News

Police and emergency crews secure the Islamic Center of San Diego after two terrorists invoking a Christian crusade killed three in Clairemont

San Diego Mosque Shooting: Two Terrorists, Christian Crusades and Killing of Three at Islamic Center

SAN DIEGO, The United States — The man at the door of the Islamic Center of San Diego saw them coming. Two terrorists in camouflage and plate carriers, rifles raised, walked across

May 21, 2026

News

Muslim Caliph: Islam isn’t the problem – it’s world leaders driving us closer to WWIII

Tilford, Surrey — The Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Saturday rejected claims that Islam fuels extremism, insisting that global disorder is being driven instead by geopolitical hypocrisy, failed leadership and the

May 17, 2026

Religion

Bill Cassidy concedes defeat in Louisiana Republican Senate primary alongside wife Laura Cassidy

Trump Purges Another GOP Rebel as Bill Cassidy Crashes Out in Louisiana Senate Primary

For Bill Cassidy, the reckoning did not arrive overnight. It took five years. Ever since the Louisiana senator voted to convict Donald Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot, the political clock

May 17, 2026

Government and Politics·News

EPA headquarters in Washington amid controversy over $20 billion climate funding and Project Veritas gold bars video

Project Veritas EPA “Gold Bars” Video Sparks $20 Billion Climate Funding Scandal in Washington

In Washington, the most revealing truths are rarely spoken at podiums. They surface in unguarded conversations, in metaphors that slip past rehearsed talking points, in moments when insiders forget they are being

April 19, 2026

Climate·Editorials·Opinion

Bruce Springsteen performs at the No Kings protest rally at Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on March 28, 2026

Eight Million Americans and a Simple Idea: The No Kings Movement Is Now the Largest Democratic Uprising in Modern U.S. History

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA / WASHINGTON / NEW YORK — On a cold but crystalline Saturday in late March, something happened in the United States that has no modern precedent and very few

March 31, 2026

Government and Politics

Raj Thackeray in MNS rally from stage in Maharashtra political event

Raj Thackeray and the Question India Can No Longer Defer

As India’s national politics crystallises around a dominant leadership and conventional coalitions, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has emerged as a disruptive voice challenging the status quo. In recent rallies

March 21, 2026

Editorials·Government and Politics·Opinion

Donald Trump angry while Ayatollah Khamenei smiles and Kim Jong Un laughs in front of Asia nuclear map illustration

US–Iran War Posture Exposed Military Buildup, Proxy Arsenal, Western Hypocrisy and Strategic Collapse

In the gilded corridors of Washington and the marble halls of European diplomacy, the language is soothing: de-escalation, dialogue, stability. But in the scorching waters of the Persian Gulf, aircraft carriers glide

February 20, 2026

News·Opinion

Sputnik Arabic editors address AI journalism training following Libya’s decision to lift the Sputnik ban

After Years of Ban, Libya Welcomes SputnikPro for AI Journalism Training

When more than thirty journalism students and faculty members gathered inside lecture halls at the University of Tripoli, the moment marked far more than a routine academic workshop. It signaled the return—quiet,

February 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News

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Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Iran’s 90 Million: Tehran’s Enemy Within and a World Forced to Watch

The Party That Made Bangladesh Is Now Illegal in Bangladesh

Global Crypto Roundup: Bitcoin Climbs Above $60K on Fed Relief, CLARITY Act Nears Deadline, Gulf Nations Expand Digital Asset Frameworks

US $6.7 Billion Weapons Surge Feeds Gaza Genocide

The Patriot Letter Nobody in Washington Is Answering

San Diego Mosque Shooting: Two Terrorists, Christian Crusades and Killing of Three at Islamic Center

Muslim Caliph: Islam isn’t the problem – it’s world leaders driving us closer to WWIII

Trump Purges Another GOP Rebel as Bill Cassidy Crashes Out in Louisiana Senate Primary

Project Veritas EPA “Gold Bars” Video Sparks $20 Billion Climate Funding Scandal in Washington

Eight Million Americans and a Simple Idea: The No Kings Movement Is Now the Largest Democratic Uprising in Modern U.S. History

Raj Thackeray and the Question India Can No Longer Defer

US–Iran War Posture Exposed Military Buildup, Proxy Arsenal, Western Hypocrisy and Strategic Collapse

After Years of Ban, Libya Welcomes SputnikPro for AI Journalism Training

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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