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
Pollution is emerging as one of the most serious threats to India’s economic trajectory, potentially outweighing the damage caused by global trade tensions and tariffs. Speaking at a World Economic Forum session
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Every few years, the centre of the imperialist Global North – the United States – forgets its manners. It is one thing to be rude to Iran or Venezuela, but it is
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In 1945, two years prior to India’s independence, the current Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, was born into a working-class family in northern Kerala. He was his mother’s fourteenth child; of the
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India’s campaign of state-sponsored persecution against Sikh activists has reached a disturbing new threshold, with a growing international dimension that extends far beyond its borders. What was once an issue confined to
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Global financial markets are proving to be sensitive to political rhetoric and international conflicts once again, in an age where geopolitical processes can rapidly outweigh economic fundamentals. January 20, 2026, was not
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What ever happened to the Epstein scandal? Gone. Out of sight. Hey presto, vanished by the wave of a magic wand. It seems that Master Illusionist Donald Trump has dodged this lethal
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Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s opposition figures – who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela – have hoped that
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The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in fact, the deal is a major political defeat for the Syrian Kurdish political
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Editor’s Note: The following column draws on a detailed study of terrorist attacks and plots against elected officials in Europe between 2015 and 2025. It is based on research originally published in
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The Indus Waters Treaty did not create peace — it merely postponed confrontation. In his latest work, Trial by Water: Indus Basin and India-Pakistan Relations, Uttam Kumar Sinha argues that the celebrated
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by Eric “This is a violation of the given word and an act against the rights of man and international morality.”“No ruler, no matter how exalted, stood above the will of the
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The year 2025 ended marked by bloody conflicts between countries and groups, with the United Nations Organisation appearing to be an ineffective body and an inconsequential debate forum, and with little significant
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on the author’s detailed analysis originally published in CIC Sentinel, a monthly publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. It has been adapted
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The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)’s belated official recognition by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Veterans Day, January 14, is welcome. He scored a political point without naming the Congress government which
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A day after the UN freshly repeated the allegation this week that sexual violence had been “part of a deliberate, widespread, and systemic pattern of violations” by the Sri Lankan military and
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