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,
On June 18, 2026, Europol announced one of its most significant recent counterterrorism operations targeting Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). The operation ran from June 1 to 5, 2026, focusing on ISKP-affiliated
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Politics often reveals its deepest truths not merely through elections but through the alliances forged behind closed doors. In Bangladesh, where the memories of the 1971 Liberation War remain deeply embedded in
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U.S. strategic gaze in South Asia has, in recent years, drifted toward India’s ascent, the unresolved aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the deepening rivalry with China. In this reshuffling of priorities,
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Newly declassified records highlighted by the National Security Archive reveal that a Central Intelligence Agency publication marking the United States Bicentennial was far more than a historical tribute to the American Revolution.
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Behind layers of locked doors in the Dutch coastal district of Scheveningen, just a short distance from the beaches of The Hague, sits one of the world’s most unusual detention facilities. Unlike
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A long-running confrontation between the Vatican and one of the Catholic Church’s most traditionalist movements entered a new phase on Wednesday when the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the
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Chinese President Xi Jinping used a landmark anniversary celebration of the Chinese Communist Party to reaffirm Beijing’s longstanding claim over Taiwan, intensify his call for an uncompromising fight against corruption, and outline
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A fresh legal intervention has widened one of Sri Lanka’s most closely watched court battles over the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, with two prominent members of a civic organization
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France’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rémi Lambert, is likely aware of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous remark about the strategic importance of Trincomalee Harbour. Napoleon is often attributed with stating that whoever controls Trincomalee
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China has introduced a broad new overseas investment regulation aimed at protecting national interests, responding to foreign trade barriers and controlling the transfer of sensitive technologies abroad, a move analysts say could
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The meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the recent BRICS National Security Advisers’ gathering offered another reminder that despite decades of dialogue, the India-China
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These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World’ against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the ‘Global War on
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On June 27, 2026, Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) announced its new central committee, appointing Maulana Gazi Ataur Rahman as Secretary General. The party also named four joint secretaries general, four assistant secretaries
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On June 27, 2026, at least six Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and three Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) terrorists [a splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)] were killed, while four Rangers sustained injuries, after a group
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General George S Patton, who distinguished himself at head of American field armies and specifically the tank corps during the Second World War named his biography, “War as I Knew It.” This
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