Spain’s railway network is facing renewed scrutiny over maintenance funding and operational safety following the Urda train disaster in Toledo province on Wednesday, 28 October, less than nine months after a collision
A rare, undisclosed trip by senior executives from major Indian defence companies to Russia has ignited questions over New Delhi’s strategic balancing act, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The
More
My acquaintance with Chula goes back to 1976–77, when Ananda Under-15 soccer practices were held at Campbell Place. Chula was a brilliant midfielder who could kick the ball with both feet—an advantage
More
High in the remote Qandil mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan — long considered impenetrable terrain and the heart of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgency — an extraordinary shift is underway. For the
More
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has issued a stark warning that foreign spy agencies are deploying malicious Wi-Fi networks near government offices to steal sensitive data from public employees. In a
More
by Our Defence Affairs Editor The 2025 National Security Strategy of the United States published this week is framed as a repudiation of what it calls decades of “laundry lists of wishes”
More
On December 2, Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that, on the orders of Supreme Leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, a man, identified as Mangal, was publicly executed at a stadium in Khost city, the provincial
More
The US Central Command, a vital player in Middle East security, is now flying a clone of an Iranian drone. The US drone is a copy of the Shaheed 136, the same
More
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce significant updates to France’s nuclear doctrine in early 2026, according to a report citing a source close to the president. The source confirmed that
More
A human rights lawyer in Pakistan received an unexpected WhatsApp message last summer from someone posing as a journalist, complete with a realistic profile picture and a seemingly credible link to a
More
Thailand has approved a major air-defense acquisition, signing a $107 million deal to purchase Israel’s Barak MX system to protect Royal Thai Air Force bases, according to reporting originally highlighted by Haaretz.
More
The Assam government has announced a comprehensive ban on the publication, circulation, possession, and distribution of radical or jihadi material associated with terror groups such as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team
More The United States has decided to halt plans to impose sanctions on China’s Ministry of State Security over a large-scale cyber spying campaign, aiming to preserve a trade truce reached earlier this
More
by Our Defence Affairs Editor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Roman Gupman will become the next director of the Mossad has sent ripples across Israel’s political and security establishment. Gupman, who
More
India’s government on Wednesday withdrew a directive that would have required all smartphone makers to preinstall a state-run cybersecurity app on new devices, following widespread criticism from opposition leaders, privacy advocates and
More
From October 20th – November 21st 1962, a little-remembered conflict raged between China and India. The skirmish damaged India’s Non-Aligned Movement affiliation, firmly placing the country in the West’s orbit, while fomenting decades of hostility between the neighbouring
More