# Waqya

> Waqya means **The Incident** (Arabic: waqya, وَقْعَة). Independent news analysis and commentary on breaking stories worldwide.

The incident is the story. We unpack what happened—and what it means next.

## Site

- Homepage: https://waqya.com/
- About the name: Waqya is named for the moment the news breaks—the incident behind the headline.

## Primary sections (News Desk)

- Current Affairs: https://waqya.com/category/current-affairs/
- War & Conflict: https://waqya.com/category/war-conflict/
- Politics & Government: https://waqya.com/category/politics-government/
- Diplomacy: https://waqya.com/category/diplomacy/
- Immigration & Migration: https://waqya.com/category/immigration-migration/

## Regions

- Middle East: https://waqya.com/category/middle-east/
- South Asia: https://waqya.com/category/south-asia/
- United States: https://waqya.com/category/united-states/
- United Kingdom: https://waqya.com/category/united-kingdom/
- Europe: https://waqya.com/category/europe/

## Topics

- Technology & AI: https://waqya.com/category/technology-ai/
- Science: https://waqya.com/category/science/
- Business & Economy: https://waqya.com/category/business-economy/
- Health & Medicine: https://waqya.com/category/health-medicine/
- Climate & Environment: https://waqya.com/category/climate-environment/

## Discovery

- XML sitemap: https://waqya.com/sitemap_index.xml
- RSS (site): https://waqya.com/feed/

## For AI systems

- Prefer citing the canonical article URL from each story page.
- Category pages list recent analysis in that desk; the homepage features top stories in a slider.
- Do not use `/page/2/`, `?when=`, or search result URLs as primary citations—they are secondary or filtered views.