Saudi Arabia is confronting a worsening security crisis after Houthi forces seized key positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and resumed missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure, while the network of
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance declared Monday that Ukraine is not on track to win its war against Russia, dismissing as “weird” the belief that continued fighting will somehow lead to Russia’s
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Tamil Nadu is facing an environmental and socio-economic crisis driven by the unchecked growth of illegal stone quarries, according to a detailed investigation published by Front Line India. These quarries—numbering around 5,000
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Editorial The plaintive bleats of Sri Lanka’s opposition parties, predicting the imminent collapse of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government, ring more of desperate fantasy than grounded political calculus. The notion that this
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India has signed a US$7.4 billion agreement with France to purchase 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets, a significant move to modernize its naval forces as the country navigates rising tensions with China and
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Hong Kong police will begin deploying drones over densely populated urban areas in the second half of the year in an effort to curb burglaries, particularly in districts with ageing tenement buildings,
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Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is projected to win Canada’s federal election, according to national broadcaster CBC, securing a critical victory amid heightened tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump. The
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An international coalition of leading virologists has warned that the United States must intensify its response to the year-long H5N1 bird flu outbreak to avert a potential pandemic, according to a report
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Amazon has launched the first batch of satellites for its ambitious Project Kuiper, marking a critical step in its attempt to build a global broadband internet network to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Indonesia’s mining industry is bracing for a turbulent period after the government announced significant increases in royalties on key mineral exports, including nickel, coal, copper, and gold. The move, aimed at shoring
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The acting chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s Neom, Aiman al-Mudaifer, has recently initiated a “comprehensive review” of the scope and priority of projects within the ambitious $500 billion mega-project, according to sources
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China’s top economic officials have expressed confidence that the country can manage without American farm and energy imports, despite the ongoing trade war with the United States. In a series of statements
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Indian authorities have ordered Pakistani children stranded in India to return home without their mothers, as tensions between India and Pakistan spiral after a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir. The attack, which
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Thousands of mourners flocked to the Basilica of St Mary Major on Sunday to pay their respects at the tomb of Pope Francis, as Catholic cardinals shifted their focus to preparations for
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In the wake of a devastating explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a message of condolences and called for
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Private credit firms are exploring whether they can ease environmental, social, and governance (ESG) restrictions in order to finance Europe’s expanding defence industry, a sector that has become a strategic priority for
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