Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
Editor’s note: This column was originally published in Nature and It addresses an under-reported climate disaster unfolding across the Indian Ocean region. In late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and
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US National Security Strategy was quietly released by the U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Dec 4, 2025. To protect America’s core national interests the Trump Administration crafted a “roadmap to ensure
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On December 2, 2025, Pakistan and Türkiye signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and Deeds of Assignment (DoAs) focused on oil and gas exploration, while agreeing to broaden cooperation to mining and
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President Trump’s mediation of the May 2025 ceasefire marked a pivotal shift in U.S. South Asia policy. Historically, Washington prioritized India as its principal strategic ally to balance regional powers and promote
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Over the last seventy years since India’s independence, democratic culture has taken deep root in the country. In such conditions, while some critics of the democratic system describe Indian democracy as noisy
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Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the “Trump Corollary”
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In a recent discourse in New Delhi, respected author and journalist M. R. Narayan Swamy — widely recognized for his extensive work on the LTTE, including his biography of Velupillai Prabhakaran —
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Sri Lanka was struck by severe flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, leading to road blockages, destruction of homes and loss of life. Immediately following the disaster, Chinese companies operating in
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) would remember his 58th birthday on November 24 for long as the disastrous cyclone Ditwah struck a few days later. Before the cyclone struck, heavy rains in
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Bangladesh’s political landscape—already destabilised by the events following the political upheaval of August 2024 and the departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina—has now been thrust into further controversy after an investigative
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Pakistan’s decision to restart the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) freight train on 31 December 2025 is not merely the reactivation of an old transport link,it is a landmark development that embodies a new era
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As expected, Tuesday’s five-hour meeting in the Kremlin produced no breakthrough. Moscow made it clear it will not compromise on its demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from the remaining parts of Donbass
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Summary: Comedy thrives on irreverence, vulnerability, and the refusal to accept a society’s official story at face value. As political and cultural pressures narrow the bounds of acceptable speech, comedians occupy a uniquely
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Thousands of Croats gathered on November 30, 2025, to join protest marches in Croatia against a surging far right, following a series of incidents that have fuelled both ethnic and political tensions
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On November 29, 2025, an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the railway track detonated shortly before a train was expected to arrive in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. “Around one
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