The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The recent, surprising strikes on Iran’s key missile sites and strategic installations, amid intense negotiations over a deal, perhaps caught Iran off guard, as the US had been engaging in rhetoric and
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Dhaka still bears the imprint of Sheikh Hasina. Joy Bangla! Joy Bangabandhu! These immortal slogans still thunder through the soul of Bangladesh with undying patriotic fire. The indomitable spirit of Sheikh Hasina
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Recent assessments from multiple security analysts, including the Institute for the Study of War, suggest that the Russia-Ukraine war may be approaching a meaningful battlefield inflection point after years of attritional fighting.
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Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), also known locally as the Allied Democratic Forces, is demonstrating renewed resilience and operational flexibility despite sustained military pressure in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According
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Israel has significantly escalated its military operations against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon at a moment when U.S. and Iranian officials are reportedly closing in on a broader diplomatic understanding
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The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence has sparked a wave of warnings about its potential misuse by terrorists. From AI-generated propaganda and deepfakes to fears of automated radicalization and AI-designed weapons,
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The arrest and extradition of Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer al-Saadi to the United States has thrust a little-known militia figure into the center of one of the most significant terrorism investigations of
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The hemisphere’s longest-running standoff may finally be reaching its breaking point — but not necessarily in the way anyone expects. Cuba, in the spring of 2026, feels exactly like that. After sixty-seven
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Washington’s relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying on May 22 that formal diplomatic talks over the Ukraine war are effectively frozen.
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The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order. This
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Thirty-five years ago, on 21 May 1991, a historic tragedy occurred when former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi—one of the most influential leaders of his time—was assassinated in Tamil Nadu. In
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In March 2026, the European Commission’s Competition Directorate concluded a landmark probe into Google, recommending fines exceeding one billion euros for systemic breaches of the Digital Markets Act. The penalty, however, was
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On 11–12 May, at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, French President Emmanuel Macron stood in front of more than thirty African heads of state and announced, ‘We are the true Pan-Africanists’.
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Most countries of the Middle East and the Global South operating under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis, one whose substance is the acute and chronic fragmentation and weakness that afflicts
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In February 1963, the Iranian essayist Jalal Al-e Ahmad visited Israel and returned with a set of impressions that would shock his contemporaries and continue to unsettle readers decades later. As recounted
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