The arrangements span Africa and Latin America and have already resulted in deportations to countries with which many migrants have no previous connection. Early agreements included flights to Costa Rica carrying migrants
President Trump has infuriated some of his supporters. Trump’s alignment with Israel at the expense of America’s interest and the valid interests of other countries is especially galling for those Trump supporters who
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History exists in the facts of life, and the shallowness of a nation’s history is often the result of inept and egoistic leadership. In wars, logic fails to define foes and friends.
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Japan’s political landscape shifted decisively on Sunday as projections from public broadcaster NHK showed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party surging toward a historic landslide in the Lower House election, consolidating
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Special Ambassador Steve Witkoff no doubt talked to President Trump about the US-Iran meeting in Oman. We don’t have a special wiretap on his call to the President, but it is a
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The following column was first printed in Sunday Island, Colombo.- Editor It is ugly. It is disgusting. No one knows whether he died by suicide or by some other, more carefully arranged
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On February 5, 2026, Pakistan’s military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced that Security Forces (SFs) had concluded Operation Radd-ul-Fitna (Elimination of Discord)-1 in Balochistan, after a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) targeting
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On February 5, 2026, joint forces, including the Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Army, detained 345 Rohingyas, including 176 men, 86 women, and 83 children and adolescents, during a late-night
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From the moment a visitor stands at the foot of Sigiriya and looks up at its mist-veiled summit, a strange quiet seems to press down on the landscape. The sheer granite monolith,
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by Durga Yi-Ling Liu’s The Wall Dancers begins not with theory or metaphor but with a body learning fear. “When I was a child in Beijing, I learned early how to stay
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Forty-seven years ago, on this day, the Islamic Revolution of Iran achieved victory under the leadership of Imam Khomeini, marking a historic turning point in the nation’s political, social, and cultural life.
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The second round of the trilateral meeting of the US, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations on security issues held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5 shows incipient signs of progress, contrary to doomsday
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On February 5, 2026, the Government of India (GoI), Government of Nagaland (GoN), and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in New Delhi to establish the
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Terrorist networks have increasingly leveraged social media platforms as powerful tools for advancing their agendas. These digital spaces allow for the rapid dissemination of content, enabling groups to craft narratives that distort
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More than half a century after the last American helicopters lifted off from Saigon, Vietnam’s military is still quietly preparing for the possibility of war with the United States. A leaked internal
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Arrested once again in Venezuela under opaque circumstances, Alex Saab has returned to the center of a story that mirrors the trajectory of the Bolivarian Revolution itself: improvisation elevated to doctrine, secrecy
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