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
The arrest of a 19-year-old Norwegian in a hotel room in northern England has cast fresh light on a growing security concern across Europe: the convergence of organized crime, proxy warfare, and
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Europe’s terrorist threat landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from the era of large-scale attacks orchestrated by internationally connected extremist organizations and toward a more diffuse, complex, and difficult-to-detect pattern
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The United States has moved to sharply restrict access to some of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, triggering a sweeping suspension by Anthropic of its flagship models Fable 5 and
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When the Easter bomb exploded, the Rajapaksas were caught in the October conspiracy and were lost… Someone said while looking at the newspapers at the newsstand. “So you’re saying that the Rajapaksas
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The image of bank robberies once defined public perceptions of financial crime: masked figures, armed raids, and dramatic escapes. Today, that image has been replaced by a quieter but far more pervasive
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The first serious backchannel talks, or Track-II dialogues, between two countries began in 1987, when India was engaged in Operation Brasstacks, a massive war exercise by the Indian armed forces at the
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by Durga Velayudham Suresh Sallay is now a detention case the state cannot bury under procedure, and the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture arriving in Sri Lanka between 15 and 24
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During the recent assault on Gaza, thousands of activists witnessed their posts deleted or their accounts restricted simply for documenting Israeli occupation crimes or expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is far from
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South Africa witnessed a historic Conference of the Left convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) from 29–31 May 2026. The gathering brought together communist parties, socialist organisations, trade unions, community
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The informal grouping known as the “Dumpling Alliance” emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic as a shorthand for a cluster of Eastern European states that deepened political and symbolic support for Taiwan. Coined
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The Pope, identified in the source as León XIV, arrived on Thursday in the Canary Islands, Spain, marking the final stage of his trip before returning to Rome on Friday. Upon landing
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The vulnerability of submarine communication cables is emerging as a growing strategic concern in global geopolitics, with industry leaders warning that the real impact of emerging deep-sea sabotage capabilities may lie in
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States and Iran could sign a peace agreement as soon as this weekend, a deal he said would reopen the Strait of
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), intensifying Washington’s efforts to increase pressure on the Cuban government as the island faces a severe energy
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Religious ideological terrorism is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous forms of terrorism because it is driven by a belief system that can be used to justify violence. Concepts such
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