Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
On 10 December 2025, U.S. forces seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela, carrying over a million barrels of crude. “Well, we keep [the oil],” President Trump told reporters. Venezuela’s foreign
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On 14 December, the predictable happened: José Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party, prevailed over Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party of Chile by 58.16 percent to 41.84 percent.
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Sitting in a lively room in the University of Amsterdam, I ask a question about the respect accorded by students to their former Prime Minister and now head of the North Atlantic
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India’s capital, Delhi, has been suffering from poor Air Quality Index (AQI) levels during certain periods every year. On 15 December 2025, the AQI was recorded as high as 452. An AQI
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José A. Kast’s resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of
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On December 14, a mass shooting took place at Bondi Beach in Sydney during the Hanukkah celebration, attended by members of the Jewish community. At least 16 people were killed and at
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The contrast between Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 and Australia after the Bondi Beach incident in 2025 offers a rare and instructive case study in how states, intelligence
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Nobody’s impressed by big speeches about global governance anymore. What people actually care about is whether these institutions hold themselves accountable. You hear all the talk about humanitarian values and shared security,
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On December 7, 2025, Police recovered the bodies of Hindu freedom fighter Yogesh Chandra Roy (75) and his wife Subarna Roy (60) from their home in North Rahimapur in Taraganj Upazila (Sub-District) of Rangpur
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Two mass-casualty incidents occurring on December 13-14, 2025, on opposite sides of the globe underscore the fundamentally complex and divergent threat environments confronting national security and law enforcement agencies worldwide. While the
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