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
Many in Sri Lanka believe Lalith Athulathmudali was the President that Sri Lanka never had. His untimely death at the hands of an unknown assassin on the 22nd of April in 1993
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Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath has come under intense scrutiny following a surge of social media posts accusing him of corruption, favoritism, and sexual misconduct. The
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Zalmay Khalilzad’s name has long been associated with Afghanistan, but not in a manner that reflects an affinity for the country or its people. His career, marked by a series of controversial
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The world breathed a sigh of relief when Israel and Hamas reached a settlement to stop the war. The exchange of hostages between both sides is a positive move after two years
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Dina Boluarte’s removal from office is not a victory for the people, but an internal readjustment of power. Congress did not obey the clamor of the streets, but rather the need to
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The global trading system stands at an inflection point. Within a single week, China expanded its export controls on rare earth elements, materials essential to everything from electric vehicles to missile guidance
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by Our Correspondent in Doha In a scene that will likely be remembered as one of the defining moments in modern diplomacy, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made his mark at an
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On October 10, 2025, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chief Saad Rizvi claimed that 11 party workers were killed and more than 50 persons injured during clashes with the Punjab Police in Lahore, amid
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Since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on August 5, 2024, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has not only unleashed itself as a formidable domestic force in Bangladesh, but also very much on the international level. As the
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Go to Kosovo today and you’ll meet men in their twenties named Tonibler—a single word, a single name, bestowed by grateful parents who wanted to honour the
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On a humid August morning in Gurugram, a quiet suburb of New Delhi, 77-year-old retired Air Force officer Biren Yadav picked up a call that would change his life. The voice on
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Article Updated with Response from Hancock Prospecting Regarding Mrs. Gina Rinehart A quiet revolution is unfolding among the world’s wealthiest families. While Wall Street braces for a $105 trillion generational handover from
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I still miss the inimitable tag line, Tukde Tukde Gang, literally meaning ‘fragments’, after all these eleven tumultuous years of Indian politics. It was the political catchphrase invented by India’s ruling party, Bharatiya Janata
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by Satchi Sithanandan When María Corina Machado named onto the stage in Oslo to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the applause sounded less like recognition of peace than of politics. Venezuela’s
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