“We have brought clay and made a figurine and are planning to stick uguressa thorns and other poisonous thorns into it… I will murmur a spell… We have prepared an offering to
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has been waging an armed insurgency against Pakistan since 2000, seeking independence for Balochistan amid claims of economic exploitation and oppression by the state. The roots of
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Britain’s so-called ‘Great Experiment’ in Mauritius, which followed the abolition of slavery, was far from a noble endeavor. Instead, it was a calculated system of social engineering that left deep scars on
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A recently resurfaced confidential diplomatic cable from 2012, released by WikiLeaks, has shed light on Israeli intelligence assessments regarding the collapse of Syria and its broader geopolitical impact on the Middle East.
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India deliberately delayed the SAARC Summit in Sri Lanka in 1991, a decision that unsettled President Premadasa. Despite his repeated efforts, he failed to secure the Indian Prime Minister’s presence at the
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Successive German chancellors are facing scrutiny over allegations that they deliberately suppressed intelligence suggesting that Covid-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. According to investigations by Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s
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On 27 January 2025, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians left their temporary shelters in southern Gaza and marched en masse to the north. They crossed various towns along the way, one long
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Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has been sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzlement, according to local media reports. The ruling comes after years of legal battles surrounding his time in
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The Romanian constitutional court has upheld a ban preventing far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from participating in the country’s upcoming presidential election, in a ruling that has sparked both domestic and international controversy.
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Portugal’s centre-right government is teetering on the brink of collapse as Prime Minister Luís Montenegro faces a confidence vote triggered by controversy over his family business dealings. If he loses, the country
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US President Donald Trump has forced India’s hand on trade, pressuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower tariffs that have long shielded the country’s economy. In response, India is now advancing trade
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Nonbody can claim that the rate of growth of agricultural production, especially of food grain production, has been higher in the neoliberal period than during the years of dirigiste development that preceded it; it
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Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink, is set to enter the Indian market through a strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel, the country’s second-largest telecom operator. According to Airtel’s stock exchange filings on
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Editorial How many airports has the Butcher of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, traversed since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the so-called arrest warrant against him? How many bombs has he
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In recent times, the Chinese Foreign Minister has repeatedly asserted on various occasions that China is a peace-loving country and that it will do its utmost to maintain global peace, even in
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The recent hullabaloo faced by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe still continues to be a hot topic in many circles. Without focusing on the political content and hara-kiri he committed before the astute
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