Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
Diplomacy, as Winston Churchill once observed, is “the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.” It is a craft of nuance, restraint,
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There is a certain irony in seeing some of the world’s richest countries quietly ask the United States for financial relief. For decades, the Gulf monarchies cultivated an image of inexhaustible wealth:
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In recent years, China has positioned itself in international forums as a critic of what it describes as the “abuse” of export controls by major powers, particularly the United States and its
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Journalism has always been a contested practice, but in politically sensitive environments it becomes something far more volatile: a struggle over truth, authority, and control of narrative. The case surrounding the “Aisha”
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Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has issued a stark warning that escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank bears disturbing similarities to historical atrocities against Jews during the
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USD 2.5 mn brazen heist at the Treasury several months ago and the bigwigs there obviously dragging their feet over the matter till it was brought to light recently, thanks to the
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Lame Ahal in Kaski district of Pokhara was a traditional Nepali Congress-voting village; it did not surprise anyone when it voted en masse for the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The sound of
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Another round of anticipated U.S.–Iran nuclear talks in Islamabad was abruptly canceled over the weekend, underscoring the fragility of diplomatic efforts to end a widening confrontation between Washington and Tehran. The failure
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As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks its centenary, its General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale used his April 2026 visit to the United States to engage not just the Indian diaspora, but also influential global policy circles.
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A new policy report argues that the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty may be entering its most fragile phase as violence and geopolitics collide in South Asia The fragile balance between water-sharing and
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A coordinated multi-front assault by jihadist and separatist forces has pushed Mali’s military government into crisis, exposing the limits of Russian intervention and raising fears of a wider regional destabilization A sweeping
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As many as 45 million people worldwide could be pushed into acute food insecurity this year as the ongoing war in the Middle East drives what the World Bank describes as the
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The latest diplomatic proposal from Iran to end the two-month-old war has exposed widening gaps between Tehran and Washington, raising doubts over any near-term resolution to a conflict already reshaping global energy
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Islamist terrorism in India in 2026 remained contained at the operational level outside Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), but persistent patterns of radicalisation, transnational linkages, and evolving recruitment strategies underline a resilient and
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As the conflict in the Middle East drags beyond two months, Asia-Pacific economies are confronting a mounting energy crisis that threatens to ripple through everything from manufacturing to food security. With the
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