South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of violating a confidential agreement by publicly disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea,
Rising instability in Africa’s Sahel region is likely to fuel new migration pressures on Europe next year, with Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso emerging as key countries to watch, according to migration
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More than a decade and a half after the guns fell silent in Mullivaikkal, the story of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam remains contested, emotional, and deeply political. For many, the
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The United States has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials cited by Reuters, in a
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China has likely loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles into newly constructed silo fields near its northern border, according to a draft Pentagon report that underscores the pace and scale of
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A remote airstrip carved into the desert of southeastern Libya has quietly become one of the most consequential pieces of infrastructure in Sudan’s devastating civil war, according to military, intelligence and diplomatic
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a stark warning to regional and global leaders on December 22, accusing the United States of an aggressive military escalation that he said threatens Venezuela, the wider
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Russia’s pipeline exports of natural gas to China are expected to rise by about a quarter this year, underscoring Moscow’s accelerating pivot toward Asia as it seeks new markets following the breakdown
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North Korea has accused Japan of seeking nuclear weapons and warned that such a move would bring “a great disaster to mankind,” according to a statement carried by the North Korean state
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Uber and Lyft are set to test self-driving taxis in the United Kingdom in 2026 through a partnership with Chinese technology group Baidu, marking another step in the rapid global push to
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Google is set to acquire U.S.-based data center and energy infrastructure developer Intersect Power for $4.75 billion, deepening the tech giant’s push to secure large-scale, clean energy supplies for its rapidly expanding
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HSBC Holdings has hired former Citigroup executive Ida Liu to run its global private banking business, according to people familiar with the matter, marking a key leadership appointment as the bank reshapes
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Adani Group is exploring the possibility of building nuclear energy plants to power its rapidly expanding artificial intelligence data center ambitions, signaling how sharply rising digital demand is reshaping India’s energy and
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Indonesia is ramping up scrutiny of wealthy individuals and major corporations in an effort to plug an unusually large tax revenue shortfall ahead of year-end, raising anxiety among the country’s business elite
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The Trump administration has begun recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy posts worldwide, a sweeping move aimed at reshaping US diplomacy around President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.
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Japan is poised to take a major step in its post-Fukushima energy shift as the Niigata regional assembly prepares to endorse the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant, nearly 15
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