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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued a strong warning to states over the ongoing involuntary return of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers, calling the practice a violation
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The United States military has significantly drawn down its stockpile of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending Israel than Israeli forces used themselves during hostilities with Iran, according
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SpaceX is preparing for one of the largest initial public offerings in history, positioning itself around an extraordinary long-term vision that includes building a self-sustaining human presence on Mars, mining asteroids and
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Sino-Russian Mega Pipeline ‘Power of Siberia 2’ Signals Deep Energy Realignment Between Xi and Putin
A vast planned gas pipeline linking Russia’s Arctic energy fields to China is emerging as one of the most strategically significant infrastructure projects in global energy markets, underscoring the deepening alignment between
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Armenia is rapidly emerging as one of the most strategically significant states on Europe’s periphery, according to analysis associated with The Soufan Center. Positioned between Iran, Türkiye, and the broader South Caucasus,
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The Donald Trump administration has just indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the downing of two planes in 1996. Given the similarities between the measures taken against Cuba in recent months
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As one becomes more familiar with the complexities and civilizational depth of China, curiosity naturally extends beyond its major cities toward regions often obscured by mythology, ideological distortion, and geopolitical propaganda. This
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Beneath the green banner of extremism and the crisis of Bangladesh in July 2024! The violent convulsions that engulfed Bangladesh during July and early August 2024 constituted far more than a mere
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As tensions involving Iran, Israel and the United States continue to reshape the Middle East, Pakistan is quietly positioning itself as one of the few countries capable of maintaining communication across rival
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The Islamic State Mozambique Province, assessed in recent analysis associated with The Soufan Center, has re-emerged as a strategically significant yet often overlooked node in the wider Islamic State ecosystem. Operating in
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The United National Party has issued a strong statement accusing the government of failing to contain the rapid depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar, warning that the country
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The annual Commemoration of War Heroes was held on Tuesday, and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his address, pledged to fulfill the aspirations of those who had made the supreme sacrifice for
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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz entered the Caribbean Sea on May 20, accompanied by its strike group, marking a significant escalation in U.S. military presence in the region. The deployment, confirmed
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An intelligence aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force narrowly avoided a collision with Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, in what the UK described as a “dangerous” confrontation involving multiple
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor What looked at first like a straight military escalation against Iran is now reading like something looser, stranger, and more improvised than official statements ever admitted. A
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