European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
Hitting more than 170 targets in Iran in 48 hours across two waves is an unprecedented escalation. The recent third wave of attacks, targeting more than 100 sites, has set the stage
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On July 11, 2026, a school teacher, Shaukat Armani, was killed while two of his nephews sustained injuries following a suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) quadcopter drone strike on his residence in the
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On June 26, 2026, Bangladesh’s Home Minister, Salahuddin Ahmed said the government was set to amend the law to equip officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) with modern firearms, to
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When the French Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rémi Lambert, and the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Felix Neumann, travelled together to Jaffna, their visit became more than a routine diplomatic engagement
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When Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed in December 2024 after 13 years of war, the world saw the aftermath of a regime accused of devastating its own country. Cities lay in ruins, mass
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Honey Trehan’s “Satluj” lasted 48 hours online. ZEE5 released the film uncut on July 3 and pulled it two days later, citing only vague current developments as an explanation. The platform still
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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office four years after leaving power following his defeat to Joe Biden and the political fallout from the January 6, 2021, attack
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More than three years after Western governments expelled hundreds of Russian intelligence officers and imposed sweeping sanctions on Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine, Russian espionage networks have adapted and found new
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European Union foreign ministers are set to examine whether there is sufficient support for new measures targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank during a meeting on Monday, according
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On November 10, 2019, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, the president-elect of the European Union, made the trip from Brussels to Berlin to present me with the Axel Springer Award for The Age
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On May 24, three Bangladeshis died in landmine explosions near Naikhongchhari in Bandarban , farmers and residents killed by a war that is not theirs. Fishermen have been abducted on the Naf
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The possibility that Afghanistan could once again emerge as a major hub for transnational jihad carries implications well beyond South Asia. A renewed concentration of experienced foreign militants would reshape the security
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“Our Opposition Leader is like the sacred crow’s Bo tree. You can’t cut it down because people worship it, yet you can’t leave it alone because crows keep roosting on it.” J.R.P.
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Japan’s newest export industry does not leave factories on cargo ships. It arrives by plane, fills hotels, spends in restaurants and shops, and is reshaping the country’s economic strategy. After decades of
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Ten years ago, Turkish journalist and writer Ece Temelkuran made a phone call she never expected to make. Speaking to her mother from Zagreb, she delivered a sentence that many migrants fear
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