Turkey has entered the increasingly contested race to lead the United Nations, nominating veteran diplomat Feridun Sinirlioglu for the organisation’s top position as negotiations over the successor to Secretary-General António Guterres remain
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has come under intense criticism after mistakenly including a photograph of an Israeli hostage in a social media post intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinians held in
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by Nil Julian Richards’ Pakistan’s ISI: A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate stands as an incisive, unflinching inquiry into one of the world’s most enigmatic and polarising intelligence services. Written
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China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday accused Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te of distorting the truth, exaggerating a “mainland threat,” and promoting “Taiwan independence” following an interview Lai gave to a U.S.
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OpenAI and Anthropic are weighing the use of investor capital to settle or safeguard against potential multibillion-dollar legal claims, as insurance companies shy away from offering full coverage for the growing risks
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Editorial The latest UN Human Rights Council resolution in Geneva is a blunt reminder that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is in complete collapse. Passed without a single vote against and co-sponsored by
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Pakistan experienced a dramatic escalation in violence during the third quarter of 2025, with at least 901 fatalities and 599 injuries resulting from 329 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations, according
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Hackers linked to the North Korean government have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency so far this year, marking the largest annual total on record, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic.
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London-headquartered fintech Revolut has officially launched in India, aiming to disrupt the country’s cross-border payments and foreign exchange market. According to the company, Indians spend around $30 billion overseas each year and
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 5,000 square kilometers (1,930 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year, asserting that Moscow continues to hold “complete strategic
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee expressed skepticism over the likelihood of a Palestinian state emerging from President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, emphasizing that any progress hinges on significant reforms within
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by Durga Velayudham Greta Thunberg, barely out of childhood, became the centrepiece of a global spectacle once again. This month, she sailed into a war zone on a flotilla of boats, allegedly
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At the International Association of Ports and Harbors World Ports Conference in Kobe, Japan, Masato Kanda, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), delivered a stark warning: ports in developing countries are
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East Japan Railway (JR East) is making a bold push into Asia as Japan’s domestic market faces shrinking populations and limited growth. According to Nikkei, the company is training Indian drivers for
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A notorious group of Russian-speaking hackers known as Qilin has claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that brought Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., Japan’s largest beer maker, to its knees for more than
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is raising more money than initially planned — bringing its total funding round to about $20 billion with a major equity investment from Nvidia Corp., according
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