In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
Editorial The New Year arrives with its familiar trick: a new number that politely suggests improvement without requiring it. Calendars change obediently; behaviour less so. Optimism is briefly reheated, promises are generously
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China has encircled Taiwan with one of its most expansive and coordinated military exercises to date, conducting large-scale live-fire drills over the past 48 hours that simulated the seizure of key ports,
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China is quietly imposing a sweeping new requirement on its semiconductor industry, forcing chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically produced equipment when adding new manufacturing capacity, according to three people familiar
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Israel is on the hot seat—not for Gaza, or Iran, or even for attacks on Syria or Lebanon. No, Israel is on the hot seat for being the first country to establish
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The Saudi-Emirati partnership that once anchored the war effort in Yemen is fracturing after a deadly attack on Emirati-linked ships at the port of Mukalla in Hadramaut province. Riyadh has accused Abu
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Chinese equities are on track for their strongest annual performance since 2017, as a technology-led bull market widened to include sectors ranging from gold mining to biotechnology, according to data and analysis
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China has quietly built a covert network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers that is allowing sanctioned Russian gas to reach Chinese ports, blunting Western efforts to choke off one of Moscow’s
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Two gunmen accused of opening fire on a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach earlier this month acted alone and were not part of a broader militant network, Australian police said on
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli President Isaac Herzog had told him a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way,” a claim swiftly denied by Herzog’s
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has said he is open to remaining in power for another 10 years, a statement that has reignited debate over constitutional limits and democratic norms in the
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by Luxman It is an early twentieth-century work by Edward Gait, first published in 1926, shaped by the intellectual and imperial assumptions of its time. A History of Assam is not simply a regional
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by Eric McNamara at War: A New History, written by Philip Taubman and William Taubman, is not merely another biography of Robert S. McNamara, nor is it a conventional re-litigation of the
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In the first 11 months of 2025, China’s trade surplus surpassed one trillion dollars, setting a new record in global trade history. This has baffled Western media: after years of trade wars, waves
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Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has officially announced the death of its senior spokesman, Hudaifa Samir Abdullah al-Kahlout, known as Abu Obaida, along with the deaths of other prominent figures including
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Israel’s defense ministry has delivered the first Iron Beam laser interception system to the Israel Defense Forces, formally introducing Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ long-promised directed-energy weapon into military service. The move marks
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