The arrangements span Africa and Latin America and have already resulted in deportations to countries with which many migrants have no previous connection. Early agreements included flights to Costa Rica carrying migrants
U.S. Special Operations forces captured Nicolás Maduro in a pre-dawn raid in Caracas on January 3rd. The mission reportedly utilized the military’s Maven Smart System, built by Palantir, which has Anthropic’s Claude
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The foundations of digital security, from online banking to messaging apps, cryptocurrency, and critical infrastructure, rely on cryptographic keys—complex strings of characters that are nearly impossible to decipher using classical computers. These
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In Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s booming eastern city, the familiar Che Guevara Avenue no longer appears on official maps. Renamed Monseñor Nicolás Castellanos Avenue last November, the change reflects a
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At the heart of Beijing this week, China’s annual Two Sessions convened, bringing together deputies to the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). In the
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The war initiated by joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran has rapidly expanded beyond its initial borders, affecting countries from Cyprus to Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, and risks drawing even more nations
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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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Indonesia has announced a sweeping new regulation that will block access to social media for users under 16, making it the first major non-Western country to take such a step in a
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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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by Our Defence Affairs Editor “The war has expanded to the Indian Ocean, if not the Indo-Pacific. And the sinking of the Iranian warship, while within the boundaries of what is permissible
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor That was a high-stakes geopolitical gambit. More than 24 hours later, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressed the media, calling journalists to his office. His remarks, followed by
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have entered what many observers describe as an open phase of military confrontation following Pakistan’s launch of Operation Ghazab lil-Haq in late February 2026. The operation, presented by Islamabad
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Iran is a country that has endured suffering for decades, yet even those who thought they had seen it all say the current devastation is unlike anything before. The memory of the
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Finland plans to remove a long-standing legal ban on nuclear weapons on its territory, the government announced on Thursday, in a move that could allow the deployment of atomic arms on Finnish
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Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to southern Lebanon to confront Israeli forces, according to Lebanese sources familiar with the movement, marking a significant escalation as the Iran-backed group re-enters territory it had
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new-generation destroyer, overseen a strategic cruise missile launch from the vessel, and supervised a nationwide sniper competition, actions that signal an accelerating push
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