The partition of British India in India in 1947 formed the two nations of India and Pakistan, Pakistan being split into two geographically and cultural distinct wings: East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
More
MOST RECENT
On 8 December 2024, the government of Bashar al-Assad collapsed as the army of the former al-Qaeda leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa entered Damascus and seized the institutions of the Syrian state. The Syrian
More
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name “Tren de Aragu”’ as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025, the White House designated Tren de Aragua
More
Kachchativu Island is located in the Palk Bay, one and a half nautical miles from the India–Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), on our side of the IMBL. It lies well
More
On August 21, 2025, more than 30 militants were killed in a powerful explosion inside a mosque in the remote Hilki area near the Afghan border in the Charmang tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur
More
On August 30, 2025, three persons – Neeraj Kumar (26), Jyoti Kumari (25) and Hashna Begum (26) – were arrested at the Agartala Railway Station in West Tripura District of Tripura after
More
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday underscored the growing responsibility of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in safeguarding regional peace and stability, as well as promoting development amid global uncertainties and accelerated
More
Many opinion makers argue that in international relations, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends. In support of this view, they point to the current strain in India–US relations, while
More
The UK has clinched its largest-ever warship export deal after beating US, French, and German rivals to supply Norway with a fleet of British Type-26 frigates, a move hailed as a major
More
JPMorgan Chase has hired a record number of senior commercial and investment bankers over the past year, in a sweeping recruitment campaign aimed at boosting its market share across key sectors and
More
Australia’s A$4.3 trillion ($2.8 trillion) retirement system is becoming a new frontier for cryptocurrencies, as global exchanges Coinbase and OKX target self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) in a bid to draw pension savings
More
After President Premadasa’s assassination, his widow Hema sought the Colombo Central seat, as its longtime organiser Sirisena Cooray had decided not to contest the 1994 general election. At the same time, Ranil
More
Labor Day is meant to honor laboring, but for me it marks a new beginning. This year, I return from a sabbatical having finished a new book, A World We Share: The Power of
More
The Western Sydney International Airport, Australia’s first major airport in 50 years, is taking shape as both a transportation hub and a showcase for the country’s natural beauty, Bloomberg reports. Scheduled to
More
Alexis Wilkins, the 26-year-old girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against a former FBI agent who accused her of working as a foreign spy. Wilkins,
More