Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
When Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third five-year term as China’s leader in late 2022, he issued stark warnings to senior officials about the “stormy seas” and “worst-case scenarios” that could confront
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As the US-Iran war enters its 13th day, there are no strong visible signs of disengagement or exiting from the conflict. Both sides seem to be following a risky escalation strategy aimed
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South Asia is entering one of the most significant energy transitions in the world today. Home to nearly a quarter of the global population and undergoing rapid economic transformation, the region is
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Chinese-Canadian educator and writer Jiang Xueqin presents a stark interpretation of Middle Eastern geopolitics: that Israel may quietly benefit from a prolonged war that weakens the United States rather than a swift
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In the darkness of midnight waters off southern Iraq, a 40-second video captured a moment that would reverberate across global energy markets. A small speedboat approached the massive oil tanker Safesea Vishnu
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At the BRICS summit in South Africa in the summer of 2023, the group’s five member states made a bold decision: they invited five new countries to join. The move was greeted
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Yusuf is only 15 years old, small for his age, with narrow shoulders and a voice that still wavers between childhood and adolescence. But the scars across his body tell a far
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U.S. military strikes on March 12, 2026, targeted aircraft at Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport in Kerman, southeastern Iran, destroying several key Iranian-operated planes, including an Ilyushin IL-76 heavy transport. Imagery released by
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Taiwan’s legislature on Friday unanimously authorised the government to sign four major U.S. arms agreements, moving swiftly to secure advanced defense systems as deadlines for acceptance approach. Officials warned that delaying the
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US President Donald J Trump’s statement on ‘ending the war’ shortly cannot be taken on its face value. Nor do the markets, stakeholders expect the war on Iran unleashed by both US
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Sri Lanka is confronting a new wave of geopolitical and economic uncertainty as the expanding conflict in the Middle East begins to ripple across the Indian Ocean region, prompting urgent warnings from
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by Our Correspond in Colombo The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors who were killed in a United States Navy attack within Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone are scheduled to repatriate to Tehran
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The opening week of March 2026 was marked by a sharp divergence between global instability and domestic resilience. While the Gulf conflict has sent shockwaves through energy markets, Sri Lanka’s internal fiscal
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Farmers in southern Syria say their fields have been destroyed after aircraft believed to belong to Israel flew low over farmland and sprayed chemical substances across wide areas near the frontier with
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Iran’s newly appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, delivered his first public message on Thursday, combining mourning, defiance, and a call for national unity as the country faces
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