The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
Ambassador Reuven Azar is a seasoned Israeli diplomat with a distinguished career spanning several decades in public service. Born in Argentina and moving to Israel at the age of thirteen, he grew
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sweeping New Year address on December 31, 2025, signaling China’s determination to expand its global influence while reinforcing domestic stability and technological self-reliance. Speaking from the
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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” — Buddha Those who wield falsehood and deceit often imagine that a single lie can obscure an entire reality,
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Editorial The New Year arrives with its familiar trick: a new number that politely suggests improvement without requiring it. Calendars change obediently; behaviour less so. Optimism is briefly reheated, promises are generously
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2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash
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On December 27, local authorities in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province in Pakistan issued official notices ordering Afghan refugees residing in the Barakai Afghan and Gandaf Afghan camps to
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In the closing days of December 2025, Iran was shaken by its most serious wave of public unrest since the nationwide protests of 2022. The immediate trigger was a dramatic collapse of
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After its emergence from the Soviet collapse, the new Russia grappled with the complex issue of developing a national identity that could embrace the radical contradictions of Russia’s past and foster integration
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The Saudi-Emirati partnership that once anchored the war effort in Yemen is fracturing after a deadly attack on Emirati-linked ships at the port of Mukalla in Hadramaut province. Riyadh has accused Abu
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Dynastic politics is inherent to our South Asian genes, be it in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka. We have the occasional accidental leaders, but at the core, the persistent stranglehold of
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China has quietly built a covert network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers that is allowing sanctioned Russian gas to reach Chinese ports, blunting Western efforts to choke off one of Moscow’s
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The emerging rapprochement among China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh has shifted the strategic equation in South Asia. This development is shocking to the international observers, as at the time of the ousted prime
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On December 23, 2025, at least five security personnel, including three Afghan nationals and two Tajikistan Border Guards, were killed in a cross-border armed clash along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, highlighting persistent instability
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On December 25, 2025, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ and ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Ganesh Uike aka Rupa aka Rajesh Tiwari aka Chamu aka Pakka Hanumantu (69), who carried an INR 11 million bounty on his head, was among
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In the first 11 months of 2025, China’s trade surplus surpassed one trillion dollars, setting a new record in global trade history. This has baffled Western media: after years of trade wars, waves
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