‘Stop writing about the Mideast or we will throw acid in your and your son’s faces.’ Such was the threat shouted through the front door of our New York City apartment where
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by Durga Velayudham Mahmoud Abbas, denied a visa by the United States to attend the UN General Assembly in what should have been a historic moment, addressed the global body virtually, reaffirming
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on excerpts from the latest issue of the CTC Sentinel, published by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. The United States has confronted the
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Ahmed Sharaa alias Abu Mohamed Al Jolani served as the leader of two of the world’s most deadliest insurgent-terrorist movements. However, Sharaa abandoned the vicious ideology and brutal tactics of Al Qaeda
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Since August 2024, a shift has occurred in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, with the emergence of a closer China-Pakistan nexus in Bangladesh. This development is largely attributed to the change
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The proposal to grant digital voting rights to Sri Lankan expatriates has provoked fierce opposition from some quarters. In “South Asian Spring: Why Expats Should Not Get Digital Vote in Sri Lanka”
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China is set to open the Huajiang Canyon Bridge in Guizhou province on Sunday, officially making it the highest bridge in the world. Suspended 625 metres above the river below, the turquoise
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In a fiery and unprecedented address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a scathing attack on Western nations recognizing a Palestinian state,
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The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant downturn this week, with major tokens losing approximately $300 billion in value. This decline was primarily driven by the unwinding of leveraged positions and a noticeable
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TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd., is expected to receive about half of the profits from the platform’s U.S. operations even after selling majority ownership to American investors, according to people familiar
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Local media in Israel reported Thursday evening that Microsoft has severed its Azure cloud services for the Israel Defense Forces’ elite cyber intelligence arm, Unit 8200. The move came as a surprise
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European Union ambassadors will begin deliberations on Friday over a proposal to provide Ukraine with up to €140 billion ($164 billion) in new loans, funded by frozen Russian central bank assets. According
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Foreign investors are buying U.S. equities at record levels, even as Washington’s trade policies and global political tensions dampen sentiment toward other American products. According to Federal Reserve data reported by Bloomberg,
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Iran’s parliament is set to debate on Sunday a letter from dozens of lawmakers urging a shift in the country’s official policy of not pursuing nuclear weapons, amid escalating tensions with Western
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