Donald Trump Jr travelled to a remote region of western Mongolia in August for a hunting trip that included two days with Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman who helped pay for his
Since the start of 2026, a remote mining region in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the focus of mounting international concern after at least four reported landslides struck
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Narratives in international diplomacy are best formed through an organic process as the variables in any given situation get played out in the fulness of time and a ‘new normal’ accrues as
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In Sudan, hunger has become a silent weapon of war, tightening its grip on the youngest and most vulnerable as the country descends deeper into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Cuba is not merely experiencing a crisis. It is living through the slow unravelling of a political project that once promised dignity through equality and sovereignty through
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The United States is confronting a far more entrenched rare earth dependency problem than its recent political rhetoric suggests. Over the past year, President Donald Trump has pushed an aggressive agenda aimed
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When Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te quietly stepped off a borrowed royal jet in the southern African kingdom of Eswatini earlier this month, he completed one of the most daring diplomatic journeys in
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An unusually large and heavily layered motorcade escorting President Donald Trump through Beijing during his recent state visit to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping has drawn significant attention from observers, particularly due
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In the summer of 1894, a young Mohandas Gandhi stood before the Natal Assembly in South Africa to protest a law designed to strip Indians of their voting rights through procedural sleight
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Throughout Bangladesh’s history, whenever democracy has weakened, the first blows have fallen upon its institutions. The judiciary, universities, the media, and professional organizations have gradually been transformed into testing grounds for political
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference. It was a carefully
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In the vast rocky deserts surrounding Tinduf in southwestern Algeria, the Sahrawi refugee camps have long symbolized one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises. Now, after half a century of exile,
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Editorial What a move from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as Indian missions remain deeply engaged in an intense global media campaign around Operation Sindoor and its geopolitical aftershocks, RSS General Secretary
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Internal studio documents from Elstree Studios have revealed one of the most striking misjudgments in film history: the rejection of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels as unsuitable for cinema because they were
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China has issued a sharp warning to the United Kingdom over plans to nationalise British Steel, escalating tensions between London and Beijing in a dispute that blends industrial policy, foreign investment, and
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor U.S. President Donald Trump has begun a closely watched three-day visit to China at a moment of heightened geopolitical tension, returning to Beijing for the first time
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