The war between Iran and a US-Israeli-led coalition, which began on 28 February 2026 with strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities and the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
It’s clear that among the chief drivers of Trumpism and populist movements more generally are the changes in gender relations that have taken place over the past 50 years. One of the
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A significant hurdle has emerged in the ongoing saga surrounding the Chagos Islands, as the UK government has admitted that it is unlikely that Chagossians will be able to return to their
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By now, the most surprising thing about Donald Trump’s policies, according to Yuval Noah Harari, is that anyone is still surprised. In a sweeping critique published in the Financial Times, the acclaimed
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Bangladesh has formally demanded an apology from Pakistan for the “atrocities” committed during the 1971 Liberation War. This issue, along with unresolved financial claims, was raised during the first Foreign Office Consultations
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed responsibility on Thursday for a series of military operations targeting U.S. naval forces and an Israeli airport, marking a significant escalation in regional
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced plans to significantly downgrade its global economic growth projections for the year, citing rising inflation and financial market stress fueled by escalating U.S. protectionism. However,
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In the last days of March, I was in China’s new city of Xiong’an, less than a two-hour drive from Beijing. The city is being built to relieve congestion in the capital,
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As the U.S.–China rivalry escalates, a new frontier quietly emerges: Balochistan. This Pakistani province has become a silent epicentre of global power struggles, with its vast reserves of copper, gold, and lithium—critical
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In a candid interview with Die Zeit, and as reported by The Times UK, von der Leyen, 66, said, “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” citing erratic American trade
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A brutal turf war among rival Chinese mafia factions has spilled from the textile hub of Prato into the heart of the Italian capital, culminating in the execution-style murder of two individuals
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by Our Correspondent in Doha In an unprecedented move signalling a dramatic shift in regional dynamics, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defence, Prince Khalid bin Salman, has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran,
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US President Donald Trump wasn’t joking. As promised, he has launched a dramatic overhaul of his country’s trade policy, introducing sweeping tariffs to force what he calls a rebalancing of imports and
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President Donald Trump wants to be a modern ‘Stupor Mundi or wonder of the world. The last ‘stupor mundi’ was the celebrated German Holy Roman Emperor and crusader, Federick II, known as
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The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to ‘civilise’ public discourse has been especially aimed at illiberal democracies or post-socialist societies that are
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In January 2025, Indonesia – the world’s fourth-largest country by population (282 million) with the seventh-largest Gross Domestic Product by purchasing power parity – joined the BRICS+ bloc. Eleven countries are now in this
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