United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
The United States is planning to reduce the number of personnel it stations at several key NATO command centers, a move that is likely to heighten European concerns about Washington’s long-term commitment
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In a major leadership transition that signals a new direction for India’s ruling party, Nitin Nabin was formally declared the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, succeeding J.P.
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President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand his proposed “Board of Peace” into a global conflict-resolution body that would rival the United Nations, charging countries up to $1 billion
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Britain’s long-standing investment in the American-led F-35 stealth fighter programme is failing to deliver financial returns for the public purse, despite repeated government claims that the project is an economic success. An
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Donald Trump’s renewed fixation on Greenland has been framed as a bold move to counter what he calls an expanding Russian threat in the Arctic. Yet behind the dramatic rhetoric, both geography
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday delivered a forceful rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring that Europe would not give in to intimidation or “the law of the strongest” amid escalating
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For decades, Cuba’s official narrative has been anchored in a story of resistance: a small island standing firm against the most powerful nation on Earth. This January 8, however, that story was
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In India, all said and done, despite steady growth in industrial and infrastructure projects and in the services sector, including the software industry in recent years, the Indian economy essentially remains agricultural-based,
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In the 1980s and 1990s, foreign restaurant chains were among the most visible icons of China’s opening-up and economic reform. Eating a hamburger or pizza was not merely a meal; it was
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In the decades before the storming of the Bastille, France did not simply move toward revolution because of bad harvests, economic collapse, or the glaring inequality between Versailles and the starving streets
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A new book has unleashed a blistering critique of President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of surrounding himself with a “boy band” of loyalists and making reckless decisions driven by “narcissism and depression.”
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Images of Nicolás Maduro smiling and giving a thumbs-up while under U.S. custody have sparked intense speculation about the Venezuelan leader’s mindset after his dramatic capture. A Times UK report suggests that
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Guatemala’s fragile calm shattered on Sunday as security forces reclaimed a prison seized by inmates and captured a top gang leader, only to be met with a coordinated eruption of violence across
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Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party will convene under strict security on Monday for a congress that could reinforce the authority of General Secretary To Lam and shape the country’s economic and security priorities
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Libyan security authorities have freed more than 200 migrants from what they described as a secret underground prison in the southeastern town of Kufra, uncovering what officials say were inhuman detention conditions
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