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
On 25 January 2026, the Government of Bangladesh issued the July Mass Uprising (Protection and Determination of Liability) Ordinance, 2026, a presidential decree that grants sweeping immunity to all participants in the July 2024
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India’s ambition to become self-reliant in defense technology has faced a significant setback following the second crash of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas within a single year. The latest incident, which
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On January 25, 2026, Security Forces (SFs) killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Panjgur District of Balochistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On January 25 (Sunday), security
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Maldives recorded no terrorism-linked fatality in 2025. The abduction and killing of blogger Yameen Rasheed by a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda on April 23, 2017, was the last terrorism related incident in
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Editorial Today, on India’s 77th Republic Day, the nation stands taller in global rankings than ever before — yet the Republic’s original promise remains incomplete, and its darker compromises are still being
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What does it mean when a defence strategy announces itself as a triumph before it has even articulated a problem? What kind of naval order is being imagined when a state declares,
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Britain has quietly brought back a small number of women and children associated with Islamic State who were detained in Syria alongside Shamima Begum, according to officials running the camps where they
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The US is aggressively promoting its new, so far untested, prototype tank, the M1E3. The Army says it is revolutionary, takes advantage of the latest technology, and solves the problems encountered in
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The long-lasting alliance between Pakistan and Turkey has for a long time been acknowledged as one of the purest examples of modern-day international brotherhood in the world. Based on the common past,
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US President Donald Trump has ignited a fresh diplomatic storm by warning that China would “eat up” Canada if Ottawa refuses to align more closely with Washington’s strategic and defense priorities. The
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The killing of 15 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Patiram Manjhi aka Anal Da, carrying a bounty of INR 10 million, in an intelligence-led operation by
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The January 19, 2026 suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, which killed one Chinese national and six Afghans, and injured at least another five Chinese nationals, was strongly condemned by
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Pakistan made a major diplomatic step early in 2026 when it officially accepted an invitation to become a member of the Board of Peace (BoP), a new international framework as part of
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Western Europe’s complete and voluntary dependence on the US was never really discussed because it was simply assumed. It was called strategic autonomy, but meant close transatlantic relations within an alliance in
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Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, said Thursday that years of war and foreign intervention against Yemen were driven by strategic and economic ambitions rather than security concerns. Speaking in
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