Nato’s senior military commanders say the alliance possesses overwhelming conventional military superiority over Russia and is developing detailed plans to defeat any attack on its territory, as Russian sabotage, drone incursions and
As Bangladesh approaches the scheduled national election of 12 February 2026—if it is indeed held—an old and painful anxiety once again grips the national conscience. Elections, which ought to be the grandest
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2025 recorded an unprecedented purge of China’s top military and political leadership, that continued up to the penultimate day of the year, December 30, taking the tally up to “65 tigers” –
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Prospects of US military action against Iran have drawn widespread international attention. At present, the US is weighing the costs and benefits of using force against Iran. While its position appears increasingly
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Near the village of Novobakhmetevo, almost 60 km (37 miles) from the front line in Ukraine, a Russian Geran 2, specially modified drone, destroyed a mobile, HIMARS launcher. Modern drone warfare is
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President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand his proposed “Board of Peace” into a global conflict-resolution body that would rival the United Nations, charging countries up to $1 billion
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday delivered a forceful rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring that Europe would not give in to intimidation or “the law of the strongest” amid escalating
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Summary: Martina Moneke examines Donald Trump as America’s auditor, a figure whose presidency functions less as conventional leadership and more as an erratic and often chaotic diagnostic probe into the nation’s democratic structures.
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If a boy can be arrested and locked up for months simply for writing a poem, then Sri Lanka has already admitted what kind of country it is: not a democracy, but
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Mohammad Ghaderi is an Iranian journalist and international affairs analyst, known for his deep expertise in geopolitics, national security, and global strategic affairs. He holds a degree
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On January 15, 2026, Senior leader Gagan Kumar Thapa was elected President of the Nepali Congress (NC) unopposed during the party’s second Special General Convention (SGC) held at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu. The
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Nagaland continued to experience a markedly subdued insurgency landscape through 2025, a trend that has extended into the opening weeks of 2026, with militant activity remaining sporadic, fragmented, and largely non-kinetic. The
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Anyone from the former Yugoslavia will immediately understand the title. Mujo is a legendary (though fictional) Bosnian character, the protagonist (together with his inseparable friend Haso) of countless jokes that generations of
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Operation Sindoor last year drew a new strategic picture between India and Pakistan. The most important aspect of this redrawn strategic picture was setting a new normal and attempting to achieve a
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The reinforcement of global climate commitments and the expansion of carbon markets, an emerging pattern is traced, embedded in the mechanisms designed for the equitable distribution of climate finance; are replicating and
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The world changed overnight on September 11, 2001. Loved ones died, souls suffered, and fear clouded the world. U.S. President George W. Bush initiated a global “War on Terror,” beginning an era in which counterterrorism became
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