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
Picking up the threads from where I last wrote on the US-Iran negotiations a week ago in my blog titled Odds are 8-1 Trump won’t start a Gulf war, the talks beginning in
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Soon after the historic cricket match between India and Pakistan concluded in Colombo, a barrage of claims circulating on social platforms and in fringe commentary ignited controversy across South Asia’s cricketing and
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In Goma and surrounding areas, ten million people are now struggling to find basic food supplies, not because food is unavailable, but because the M23 insurgents have restricted access. Over the past
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As Muslims prepare to observe Ramadan, Israeli defense officials are raising alarms behind closed doors about the potential for unrest in the West Bank. A Haaretz investigation reports that senior military figures
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As America begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, I’m pleased to have been asked to write about George Washington’s leadership. As president, I found great comfort and inspiration in reading about my predecessors
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The Indus Basin feeds Pakistan. Agriculture relies on its flows. Approximately 80 percent of the arable land depends on irrigation associated with the Indus system. Over 240 million citizens rely on an
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On 12 February 2026, Bangladesh was summoned to the polls. Yet what unfolded that day, many citizens contend, was not an authentic exercise of popular sovereignty but a parody of democracy—an election
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After the elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from Bangladesh in August, 2024, the country sunk into chaos and turmoil for 18 months. Amidst rising disorders, the results of the 13th
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On February 6, 2026, at least 15 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a most-wanted Maoist couple, Niranjan Rout aka Nikhil, and his wife Ankita aka Rashmita Lenka aka Indu, both ‘State Committee Members (SCMs)’, the second-highest
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The conference hall was vibrating with heated discussion as the world representatives discussed a resolution on becoming a refugee. Against these low murmurs, one Pakistani representative stood up. Her speech was not
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Former US President Barack Obama has said he believes aliens are “real,” while firmly rejecting long-running conspiracy theories that the United States is hiding extraterrestrial evidence at the highly secretive Area 51
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For decades, the race to space was defined by national rivalry. Today, it is increasingly shaped by two of the world’s richest men. The intensifying competition between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
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On an island where revenge killings and criminal rivalries have long shaped daily life, François-Xavier Bustillo knows that speaking out can carry a deadly price. Yet the Catholic prelate, appointed bishop of
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Concerns over the powerful role of social media in shaping children’s understanding of gender identity have moved to the centre of public debate in Britain, following stark warnings from Baroness Cass, the
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“Ordered disorder, planned caprice,And dehumanized humanity…” ~ Brecht (The Exception and the Rule) A group of monks, led by veteran trade unionist Muruththettuwe Ananda thero, are planning to hold a sangha
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