The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
In 2004, Smartmatic reached a turning point. The company had just successfully administered a referendum for Hugo Chávez — a move that demonstrated its willingness to operate in the interests of the
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From the rooftops of Vienna, amid baroque facades and imperial relics, a quieter and far more consequential activity is under way. Satellite dishes mounted atop Russian diplomatic buildings are not merely tools
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In a dramatic reversal of one of the Middle East’s most closely watched diplomatic shifts, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s calculated gamble on rapprochement with Iran has begun to unravel under
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A short SMS traveled halfway across the world, reaching the phone of a brother desperate for news from his sister trapped in a war zone. The message was simple, yet heartbreaking: “My
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Meghalaya has remained one of the relatively stable states in India’s Northeast in terms of insurgency and internal security, particularly when compared with neighbouring states such as Manipur, Nagaland and Assam. Over
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The sudden disappearance of high-resolution satellite imagery covering the Middle East has triggered speculation among analysts and observers that sensitive military information may be deliberately withheld during the ongoing regional conflict. Planet
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Leading executives in the artificial intelligence industry are facing growing criticism for issuing dire warnings about the technology they are building, with some analysts saying the rhetoric is amplifying public fear at
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Venezuela is grappling with surging inflation and worsening economic hardship despite promises of a rapid recovery following the removal of former president Nicolás Maduro, casting doubt on claims that the country’s economy
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While the world watches the escalating conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel, one figure seems to be quietly capitalizing on the situation: Vladimir Putin. Moscow has been accused of providing
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In one of Abu Dhabi’s largest malls, martial Emirati music echoed across near-empty corridors. Shop assistants folded trousers with listless efficiency while cleaners mopped floors, their movements almost ceremonial against a backdrop
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On the morning of October 2, 2025, Jonathan Gavalas, a 36-year-old executive vice-president at a Floridian debt relief company, was exhausted, paranoid, and armed. For four days, he had been driving around
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It’s a snowy morning in east Berlin, but inside a tidy workshop tucked within modern offices, the hum of innovation is palpable. Tobias Zegenhagen, the 45-year-old product director of the Lovehoney Group,
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Ali Larijani is a figure of stark contradictions. He is at once a philosopher deeply versed in Kant and a politician accused of orchestrating some of the bloodiest crackdowns in modern Iranian
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Few biographers have proved so reluctant, but when the raw materials that would become The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi reached Charles Dickens’ desk in the autumn of 1837, he was far from impressed. “I
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In the aftermath of World War II, Japan underwent one of the most sweeping political transformations in modern history. As the occupying power, the United States dismantled the Imperial Japanese Army, eliminated
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