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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade on Friday night, showcasing what state media described as the country’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date—the Hwasong-20—in a display
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U.S. President Donald Trump reignited the trade war with China on Friday, abruptly ending a fragile truce between the world’s two largest economies by announcing sweeping new tariffs and export restrictions in
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A significant escalation in regional tensions occurred on October 9, 2025, when Pakistan conducted an airstrike in Kabul near Abdul Haq Square, targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Noor Wali Mehsud. While the
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On October 8, 2025, over one lakh tea garden workers and allied members of Assam’s tea-tribe community protested in Tinsukia District, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, higher wages, and land rights. The
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of
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Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests forced limits on presidential powers. In 2025, the new government has been pushing further toward a parliamentary system, which was in
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The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century after the publication of Darwin’s milestone work The Origin of Species (published in 1859)
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), nestled in the southeast of Bangladesh, have long been the homeland of the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities. These peoples have cultivated their ancestral
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Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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In a narrow lane of Hyderabad’s Hafiz Baba Nagar, a small, unremarkable house became the unlikely command post of a global cybercrime network. What looked like a regular Wi-Fi router on a
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India will reopen its embassy in Kabul as it seeks to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced on Thursday. “I’m pleased to announce
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing efforts to promote democracy and human rights in her country, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced
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