The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
by Luxman Aravind The act of lying is as old as governance itself. But what if the problem in politics is not the lies of the leaders, but the willingness of the
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A joint investigation by Mediapart, Drop Site News, Il Fatto Quotidiano, and other media outlets has uncovered that the US government secretly controls nearly half of the funding for the Organized Crime
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The CIVICUS Monitor announced in a new report Wednesday that the main civic space violations across the Asia-Pacific were the crackdown on protests and the criminalisation of human rights defenders. The report, People Power Under Attack 2024,
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Asim Munir, will embark on a visit to Sri Lanka, from 9th to 12th December 2024, marking a significant diplomatic milestone between the
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The South Korean parliament has voted to lift the state of martial law imposed earlier by President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a dramatic turn of events in the country’s deepening political crisis.
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In a candid moment during a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate, President-elect Donald Trump reportedly joked with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada should consider becoming the 51st U.S. state if
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Sources close to Syrian intelligence claim that Ukrainian advisers, equipped with advanced American electronic warfare equipment, played a pivotal role in facilitating the recent offensive by Hay’at
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by Luxman Aravind Hours after escaping death, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, told the media, “I could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin
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The United States has unveiled a new set of stringent export controls aimed at stifling China’s progress in developing an advanced semiconductor industry and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with military applications. These
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Belgium has become the first country in Europe to grant full employment rights to sex workers, a move The Times describes as a landmark shift in recognizing prostitution as a legal form
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A recent historical discovery has reignited calls to test the remains of the Princes in the Tower, potentially resolving a centuries-old mystery surrounding their fate. Professor Tim Thornton’s find of a will
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Western intelligence agencies are grappling with recruitment challenges as younger generations focus on pressing global issues like climate change and human rights, rather than traditional espionage roles. Former MI6 agent Harry Ferguson
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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, has issued a last-minute ultimatum to Prime Minister Michel Barnier, demanding that he negotiate a budget deal with her party to prevent
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to conduct a “war game” simulating a large-scale conflict involving British troops, driven by concerns that the defence industry may struggle to produce sufficient
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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on Sunday that it has severed scientific collaborations with Russian scientists, effectively ending a 60-year cooperation agreement with Moscow. The Swiss-based research center cited
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