There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance of a turning point. The BRICS Summit convened
The mountain dominates the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island, also known as Aotearoa. Its peak is like the center point of a sundial, the shadows on its slopes telling time. The
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Op Sindoor may have moved from Page One to Page Three. But it won’t go away as PR people are making hay while the sun shines. In the 90-hour non-contact aerial skirmish,
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The leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, made a shocking declaration that has sent ripples of concern across the Muslim world. He asserted that it is permissible for Muslims to
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“The black will take no other hue.The devils will not heed scripture.Let justice not be a dream deferred.” On 27 May 2025, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of the so-called
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Germany’s decision to deploy a permanent force of 5,000 soldiers to Lithuania is extremely significant because it signals the next phase of a new geopolitical era. One of the most fundamental questions
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Prabhakaran showed greater interest in Sri Lanka’s mineral sands than previous Sri Lankan governments. He instructed the LTTE not to attack the country’s mineral sand resources. At the same time, he blocked
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Macedonia’s state leadership seems to embody Hegel’s bitter wisdom: the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from it. Thus, the Macedonian state marches blindly from one strategic
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On 10 May 2025, the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council proclaimed Daniel Noboa the winner of the presidential elections held on 13 April. The announcement was made amid allegations of fraud, electoral irregularities, and growing authoritarianism.
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On May 21, 2025, in a major tactical blow to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basava Raju aka Ganganna aka Krishna aka Vijay aka Prakash (70), the ‘general secretary’ of the party (the highest executive post), a
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On May 21, 2025, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Bhagwant Singh aka Manna Bhatti from Akalgarh village in Amritsar district, Punjab, for his alleged involvement in the March 15, 2025, grenade attack on
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Op Sindoor saw a new form of the much heralded two front collusive threat from Pakistan and China apart from other state actors as Turkey manifesting. India will need to review the
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Oh, to be shoved in public by one’s wife, on foreign soil, in front of cameras, with one’s existential dignity crumpling like a pressed shirt in humid Hanoi. The Macrons touched down
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Among India’s most contentious laws, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is perhaps the most emblematic of a troubling constitutional paradox: the ostensible protection of sovereignty at the cost of civil
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I did not attend the recent Dalada exposition, but I passed through Kandy during those days and witnessed the long lines – thousands of pilgrims, most of them elderly, queued in fervent
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by Durga Velayudham On 25 May, Africa does not merely remember—it aches. This is not a celebration but a ritual of endurance, a painful reminder of a dream buried beneath treaties, banknotes,
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