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 October 29, 2025, Nepal’s Supreme Court Constitutional Bench declined to issue an interim order against the formation of the government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki and the dissolution of the
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On October 29, 2025, Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI) Khagrachari District branch formed a human chain to protest and demand a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), claiming that it was an
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The recent summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and former US President Donald Trump in South Korea has been hailed as a historic breakthrough in bilateral relations, with Beijing seeing it as
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The Pakistan Navy is set to bring its first Chinese-designed submarine into active service next year, Admiral Naveed Ashraf told Chinese state media, marking a significant boost to Islamabad’s naval capabilities and
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Turkey is reportedly establishing a space facility in Somalia as part of a broader security cooperation agreement with the Horn of Africa nation, raising questions about the implications for regional stability and
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The brevity of the US President Donald Trump’s meeting last Thursday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Gimhae International Airport in the port city of Busan, South Korea, which lasted just 100
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On October 26, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group originating from the Janjaweed militias, seized control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. This event marked the total loss of
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The United States government is in the grips of one of its longest-running funding gaps in history. The ongoing government shutdown has already stretched beyond 30 days and now, the food security
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The recent eviction drive in Assam targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims has exacerbated the ethnic divide in India. Nationalist groups and government authorities have initiated the selective campaign. According to reports, the eviction drive
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Tulsi Gabbard, a former US intelligence official and prominent political figure, asserted on Saturday that the United States’ historic strategy of regime change is over under President Donald Trump. Speaking at the
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The highlight of the month of October is Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya’s official visit to India from October 16 to 18. This was the 55 year-old former academic’s first visit to India
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Asia-Pacific leaders concluded the annual APEC summit in South Korea on Saturday with a joint declaration emphasizing the need for resilient and mutually beneficial trade, amid mounting fractures in the global trading
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On October 29, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern over the inclusion of several Baloch activists on Pakistan’s terrorist Watchlist under Section 11-EE
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As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the human consequences of armed conflict— I once believed
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts adapted from an interview with Professor Jiang Xueqin conducted by Cyrus Janssen. “I see geopolitics as a game among different players,” Professor Jiang
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