A shirtless, masked young man standing above a São Paulo metro station, waving Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s flag alongside a Palestinian flag, became one of the defining images of
As Donald Trump continued his attacks on Iran earlier this month, a potentially transformative security agreement was quietly taking shape in Saudi Arabia. On 7 August, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed
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Recent hostage releases across the Sahel have produced striking moments of diplomacy. Last week, the Tuareg-led Front de libération de l’Azawad (FLA) released 82 Malian Armed Forces soldiers it had held captive.
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The officials at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw are accustomed to disturbing images. Their screens monitor one of the principal migration routes into Europe, the central Mediterranean, where drones and aircraft transmit images
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Large language models are increasingly capable of rapidly mining data and analysing weapons performance, tasks that previously required substantial time and effort from human analysts. But engineers involved in the development of
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The latest remarks by Israel’s Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have triggered international outrage, but they have also revived a more consequential question: how did views once associated with Israel’s radical political fringe
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This week marks five years since the fall of Kabul to Taliban rule, an anniversary that closes one chapter of Afghanistan’s modern history while highlighting the unresolved consequences of the country’s isolation.
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When Wei Huaxiang, the new Chinese Ambassador, arrived in Sri Lanka to assume duties, a delegation from the China Communications Construction Company met President Anura. Reports stated that the delegation discussed the
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At 4am, Yogi Adityanath rises from a hard wooden bed. Two hours of meditation and prayer follow, then a simple vegetarian breakfast. The routine is austere, but the day that follows belongs
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The contested islands of the South China Sea could one day become autonomous defensive strongholds, protected not primarily by soldiers but by coordinated fleets of machines operating across the air, sea and
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For years, offshore trusts offered China’s wealthiest individuals a sophisticated way to protect assets, plan succession and, in some cases, reduce their tax exposure. Now, that once-familiar route into the grey zones
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The Army also used mines extensively against the LTTE, particularly through deep-penetration units operating behind enemy lines. Such operations weakened the Tigers’ hold and became so formidable that the Norway-brokered 2002 Ceasefire
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The telephone call from the US Vice-President JD Vance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 8 came as a surprise. Neither the American nor the Indian side has thrown light into
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The truth is that I had promised myself I would avoid the temptation to analyze the statements and behavior of Argentina’s President Milei. The reason: to keep myself as far away as
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A striking contradiction is emerging at the heart of the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle America’s federal greenhouse gas reporting system: major oil and gas companies are seeking weaker requirements for measuring
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Every August 15, India presents a familiar image to the world: the flag over the Red Fort, military ceremony, patriotic speeches and the celebration of the world’s largest democracy. Yet beyond the
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