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In the midst of growing tensions between global powers and conflicts in different parts of the world, which pose a serious threat to global stability, Pakistan has proved to be a principled
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on an interview with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon conducted by CBS Evening News. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks with the authority of a
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On the morning of 26 March 2026, two crowds gathered outside of the federal courthouse in Manhattan where President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores sat awaiting their trial, set to
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It has been fifty years since the coup d’état of 24 March 1976, one of the most tragic chapters in Argentina’s recent history: a dictatorship that combined state terrorism with a structural
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We are living through times where the architecture of global peace is not merely crumbling; it is being deliberately dismantled. The drums of global war beat louder than ever, drowning out the voices of
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In ‘Freedom Park’ (S’kumbuto) outside Pretoria (South Africa), there is a Wall of Names that honors the men and women who died in the fight to liberate South Africa from apartheid. Amongst
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In a rare and direct address to the American public, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on ordinary Americans to look past what he described as “war propaganda” and question whether their
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi India is reportedly considering a landmark 99-year lease of Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Oil Farm, potentially giving Indian firms near-total operational control of the historic facility. The
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Russia has made it clear that it is not interested in spot buying arrangements for its oil, emphasizing instead the importance of long-term strategic energy partnerships, according
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The plight of Sri Lanka, an island nation of about 23 million people caught in the after effect of a war in faraway Iran and GCC countries (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi
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The case was filed by pilot Sewwandi Senadheera, who claims that her child, Aryan Karunaratne, born on September 29, 2025, is fathered by Chamika Karunaratne. She alleges that the cricketer had intimate
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Swiss lawmakers have privately assured senior UBS executives that they intend to moderate the toughest elements of the government’s proposed “too big to fail” reforms, according to people familiar with the discussions,
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China is the world’s largest importer of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz, yet experts say the country is unusually well-prepared to handle a disruption, according to Reuters. While other Asian
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Hackers linked to North Korea infiltrated Axios, a software program that underpins many common online functions, in what Google and independent researchers describe as a supply chain attack, according to Reuters. The
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