US President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Wednesday, in a break with six decades of protocol that signals the importance
Washington has opened talks with Saudi Arabia to consider nuclear capability for the desert kingdom. The Americans and Saudis insist they are only discussing peaceful nuclear weapons. Don’t believe it. The Saudis
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Nearly four years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, Afghanistan appears politically unified on the map but remains deeply fragmented in practice. The Taliban project an image of centralized authority and national
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On July 20, 2026, Security Forces (SFs) unearthed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideout and a large cache of ammunition and explosive materials during a joint search operation in the forested
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Badakhshan Province is in the midst of severe disorders, experiencing violent anti-Taliban rebellions, intense internal mutinies within the Taliban structure, and crises over the mining of natural reserves. On July 23, 2026,
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Beauty is not simply a matter of symmetry, proportion or artistic taste. For Spanish philosopher Ricardo Piñero, it is a transformative encounter capable of changing the course of a person’s life. That
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The United States appears to be shifting from the threat of military escalation towards renewed diplomacy with Iran after weeks of strikes failed to achieve Washington’s central objective of compelling Tehran to
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A rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has once again placed scientists in a race against time. While the world now possesses approved Ebola treatments and vaccines
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What began as a surfing holiday on France’s Atlantic coast ended with smoke-filled skies, roads closed by advancing flames and an urgent escape from one of the country’s most destructive wildfire emergencies.
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The historic city of Herat has long occupied a distinctive place in Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. Known for its ancient citadel, bustling bazaars and rich tradition of scholarship, the city has for centuries
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In less than four years, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has undergone one of the most remarkable political transformations in contemporary Africa. Once an obscure military officer, Burkina Faso’s president has emerged as one
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Seventy-five years after the adoption of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the international system designed to protect people fleeing war, persecution and violence is facing one of the
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A symposium in Shanghai has revisited the celebrated eight-hour meeting between Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and Chinese literary pioneer Lu Xun in 1933, using historical reenactments, scholarly discussion and cultural exchange
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On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting was planned ahead, hence the US
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo As the clock counts down towards the scheduled expiry of South Asia Gateway Terminals’ (SAGT) 30-year concession in 2029, an unexpected development has reignited debate over the
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Fortress India was never as physically well protected as today when there are multiple threats both external and internal. Left Wing Extremism has been snuffed out but for stray remnants by end
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