At least 280,000 people are missing in the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the list maintained by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The figure includes both Ukrainians
Singapore is positioning itself to capture the next wave of growth from China’s expanding economy, with Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong declaring that Chinese investment and technological transformation are opening new opportunities
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Editorial The disappearance of 42 ancient paintings from Sri Lanka’s National Art Gallery is not a bureaucratic accounting error. It is a cultural alarm bell ringing in a country that already seems
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Armenia is rapidly emerging as one of the most strategically significant states on Europe’s periphery, according to analysis associated with The Soufan Center. Positioned between Iran, Türkiye, and the broader South Caucasus,
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The Islamic State Mozambique Province, assessed in recent analysis associated with The Soufan Center, has re-emerged as a strategically significant yet often overlooked node in the wider Islamic State ecosystem. Operating in
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor What looked at first like a straight military escalation against Iran is now reading like something looser, stranger, and more improvised than official statements ever admitted. A
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At a time when central banks across the world are grappling with war-driven energy shocks, volatile inflation and slowing growth, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra has delivered a strong defence
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The United States has dramatically escalated its confrontation with Cuba by charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five former military officials with murder, conspiracy and destruction of aircraft over the 1996
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The global terrorism threat is undergoing a profound and deeply unsettling transformation. Across Europe, North America, and Australia, children and teenagers are increasingly emerging as perpetrators of extremist violence, forcing intelligence agencies
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The question sounds almost philosophical at first: how long can a civilization survive before it collapses? But the research highlighted by El País treats it as a systems problem rather than speculation.
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Thiruvengadam Velupillai Prabhakaran was a man who held Eelam Tamil politics under his control for nearly three decades. There has been no other figure in history who exercised such complete dominance over
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It was both painful and humiliating to watch media coverage of Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, because it amply demonstrated America’s decline as a great power relative to China. Prior to the summit,
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China is increasingly positioning itself as a pivotal arena in global geopolitics, with Beijing emerging as a key destination for the world’s most powerful leaders. The upcoming visit of Vladimir Putin to
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Drop Site News has published what it describes as the full transcript of Cable I-0678, a classified Pakistani diplomatic cypher dated March 7, 2022, which sits at the heart of former Prime
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A detailed investigation by NPR into the final phase of Syria’s long civil war reveals a hidden but decisive chapter in the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, centered on foreign fighters from
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In a detailed interview aired on CBS News’ Face the Nation, former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered a stark but measured assessment of the evolving US–China rivalry, with particular focus on
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