In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
The forgotten glory of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War still beckons the nation to reclaim its founding ideals, unity, courage, and destiny. But Bangladesh has, since 5 August 2024, been unlawfully brought under
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For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been treated as a narrow stretch of water with outsized geopolitical importance. Yet the latest regional security shocks have exposed a deeper reality. Hormuz is
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Vast numbers of angry Albanians have been protesting across their Balkan nation for the past 38 nights. They are enraged by the Trumps’ commercial empire trying to grab the very last undeveloped
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The recent detention and release of former Chilean intelligence operative Armando Fernandez Larios has brought renewed attention to a decades-old case that continues to resonate across U.S. and Chilean legal history. According
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After displaying the powerful JL 3 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile [SLBM] at the Victory Parade in Beijing in September last year, the PLA Navy conducted a test of an SLBM on July
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There are figures in history who become larger after their death than they ever were in life. Burhan Muzaffar Wani is one of them. On July 8, 2016, Indian security forces killed
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Islamabad has just set a new record. For the 2026-27 fiscal year, Pakistan’s defence allocation has crossed Rs 3 trillion for the first time, roughly $10.8 billion, and the single sharpest jump
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Around one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the most strategically important maritime chokepoint on the planet. For decades, its significance has rested on a
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Deep in the mountains of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, close to the Iranian border, a weapons factory established nearly a decade ago has emerged as the focus of an extensive investigation linking illicit
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The European Union has once again thrust one of its most contentious digital policy debates back into the spotlight after lawmakers voted to revive plans allowing technology companies to voluntarily scan certain
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly delivered the same public assurance in recent weeks: Belarus will not be drawn into Russia’s war against Ukraine. The message has become a consistent feature of
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US artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Chinese technology giants that have been placed on a Pentagon blacklist, raising fresh questions in
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Construction of the Kadawatha–Meerigama Expressway, a China-funded highway in Sri Lanka, ground to a halt in 2022 as the country’s economic crisis took hold. Work had begun under an agreement combining Chinese
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‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte described the state of the Alliance’s nuclear strategy at the pre-Summit press
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In a significant escalation of international law enforcement efforts, on July 7, 2026, the United States (US) Department of Justice unsealed three federal grand jury indictments, charging a total of 37 defendants
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