After being massively repudiated in Tuesday’s midterm election, Donald Trump has become a lame-duck president with significantly curtailed authority. What is likely to happen in the remaining two years until a new
Sudan’s war is usually described as an African catastrophe, Yemen’s as an Arabian conflict, and the war around Iran as a Gulf crisis. Such divisions obscure the movement of weapons, money, soldiers,
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The 2026 midterm elections have been the most expensive in history, with more than $11 billion being spent on political ads. While Democratic candidates have outraised Republicans in individual donations by appealing
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In lecturing about the state of liberal democracy over the past couple of years, I have been frequently asked whether the authoritarian tide taking place around the world can be stopped, and
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On October 27, 2026, a combined team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)/Imphal East and the 28 Assam Rifles (AR) arrested an active cadre of the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF)/People’s Liberation Army
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When delegates left Moscow on 5 October, they had little to show for the day. The eighth round of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan ended without a joint statement. According to
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India’s military modernization drive faces an uncomfortable contradiction. New Delhi continues authorizing billions of dollars in new weapons procurement while its aerospace industry struggles to deliver aircraft ordered years earlier. The problem
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Ecuadorian leftist leader Luisa González recently warned that there is “a whole sinister network involving Marco Rubio, MAGA, and Latin American presidents who are destroying our countries to turn Latin America into
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Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
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A couple of weeks ago, I left my car in the hands of an Arab mechanic. He repaired what the garage described as potentially life-threatening faults in the braking system. It never
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Europe is confronting a growing crisis of confidence, and its younger generation is increasingly taking that frustration onto the streets. From France and Belgium to Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania, protests
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Nicolas Berggruen is a billionaire who prefers conversations with philosophers to the political spectacle favoured by fellow magnates Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. Rather than funding radical candidates or pursuing public power,
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The United Nations mission in Western Sahara is facing an abrupt end after 35 years without achieving the central purpose for which it was established: organising a referendum on self-determination. Its departure
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More than 80% of global merchandise trade travels by sea. Under normal conditions, the vast maritime network allows goods, energy and raw materials to move across continents with little public attention. But
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Spanish actress Lucía Caraballo has criticised the promotion of hatred against minority groups, arguing that freedom of expression cannot be used to justify messages targeting people because of their identities. “Promoting hatred
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The Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus has surpassed 5,000 deaths and 10,000 confirmed cases, as health authorities struggle to contain transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and
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