The theme for an exhibition that opened on June 4, 2026, at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiye), World’s First City Plan/Map, as part of my Arkeopolitics initiative, was met with reservations by a
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The main news item in African media this past week has been the controversy surrounding a proposed U.S.-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya. What began as a public health initiative has rapidly
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At a time when the international system is being tested, dialogue has the power to reunite us for a more just and more peaceful world. ~ Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations June
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How the Navy’s secret evacuation plan saved President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the Aragalaya stormed the President’s House. The moment President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to take up residence at the President’s House (Janadhipathi
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Two back-to-back visits from Nepal’s top leaders last week demonstrated Delhi’s proactive diplomacy. For Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane, the visit was godsend, even if it was party-to-party, as he
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Nothing corrodes a nation more swiftly than the public perception that justice has become selective, arbitrary, and subservient to power. When citizens begin to believe that innocence invites persecution while confessed criminals
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At the time of writing, Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is on boil. Once again, serious unrest has had with authorities launching a widespread crackdown on protesters and opposition leaders, with sharp
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The June 5-7, 2026, visit of Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to India, the first ministerial-level visit from Prime Minister Balen Shah’s government since it assumed office in March 2026, marked an
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A desperate appeal from the wife of former Sri Lankan intelligence chief Retired Major General Suresh Sallay has thrust his detention and deteriorating health into renewed public focus, with allegations of torture,
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A secret government dossier has revealed that more than £28 billion ($35.84 billion) of British taxpayer money was appropriated by terrorists, organised crime groups, and hostile states over a six-year period, according
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In the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahiye, war has become less an event than a condition of daily life. As described in reporting by El País, the densely populated district
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Nikol Pashinián’s political trajectory has unfolded through some of the most turbulent chapters in Armenia’s modern history, marked by revolution, war, defeat, and institutional transformation. As reported by El País, the Armenian
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OpenAI has formally entered the process of going public, filing confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in a move that signals the next phase of a rapidly intensifying race
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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been suspended with immediate effect by the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, which represents the court’s 125 member
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The Human Rights Institute of the Central American University (Idhuca) has documented 569 human rights violations in El Salvador in 2025, according to a report released this week, raising renewed concerns about
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