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
Tamil Nadu’s politics has long been defined by the dominance of two powerful Dravidian parties, leaving little space for alternative forces to emerge. Since 1967, when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam displaced the
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In 2016, a rare photograph captured a moment of exceptional diplomatic intimacy: President Xi Jinping of China, the paramount leader of the world’s most populous and officially atheist nation, stood beaming alongside
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A storm is brewing behind the gilded façade of Monaco’s royal palace, where accusations of betrayal, secret dossiers and a dramatic fallout between Prince Albert II and some of his closest confidants
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Madrid woke on the morning of December 11, 2025, to a flurry of police activity that would reverberate far beyond the capital. Agents from the National Police’s Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit
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The Manhattan skyline has a new colossus. Towering 423 meters, with a warm, sun-kissed bronze façade and a footprint spanning 232,000 square meters, 270 Park Avenue, the headquarters of investment bank JP
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Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have been targeted for regime change by Washington. The world’s hegemon naturally seeks access to such resources.
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China’s Premier Li Qiang delivered a government work report (GWR) on Thursday at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), in which he outlined what could become history’s largest
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The launch of Operation Epic Fury and the subsequent wave of retaliatory Iranian strikes across the Middle East have rapidly escalated into a crisis with far-reaching economic consequences. What began as a
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The Middle East is once again overshadowed by the specter of war. Amid days of intensive bombardment, the US decision-makers have made no secret of their political agenda: to incite regime change
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The United States is reportedly pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate survivors from the Irahumannian warship IRIS Dena, which was sunk by a U.S. submarine this week, as well as the crew
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Shipping activity near the Cape of Good Hope has surged by roughly 35% as vessels alter routes to avoid the Strait of Hormuz amid growing conflict in the Middle East. According to
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The complex and often antagonistic relationship between Russia and the Western world can trace its symbolic origins to Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech in 1946, widely recognized as the opening salvo of the
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The Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded just four years ago and led by the 35-year-old Shah, is riding a wave of youth-driven activism that toppled the previous government only five months ago. By
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In the northern French migrant settlement known as the Jungle, a grim scene unfolds: tents sit behind a trench of black mud and plastic waste, forming a staging ground for newly arrived
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Ales Bialiatski, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and head of the Viasna human rights centre, has given a harrowing account of life under Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule. Speaking to Times UK from
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