Colombia has broken diplomatic relations with Iran, citing alleged links between the Islamic Republic’s government and international terrorist groups, human rights violations and concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The decision was formally
Editorial The unsurprising uproar over Tucker Carlson’s decision to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignited a dangerous assault on fundamental democratic principles. Calls for sanctions and even arrest from EU politicians
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The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has escalated horizontally as well as vertically beyond Gaza with the Houthi in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon undertaking multiple rocket, drone and missile attacks
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Many argue that the United States should not have involved itself in the Ukraine war. For some, it’s a matter of national interest; for others, it’s simply too expensive. There are those
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The Maldives wants Indian military personnel out of its soil by 15th of March this year. India is determined to continue the deployment, though new Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, 45, appears to
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The diplomatic recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan on January 31, 2024 by China must be bracketed with two other far-reaching regional policy moves by Beijing in the post-cold war era
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Humble Beginnings The independence that Sri Lankans won from the British empire, which pervaded nearly two centuries on the island was unique in many ways. From an optimistic point of view, the
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In an unprecedented move, an emergency motion was submitted to the Maldivian Parliament on Monday, accusing the government of neglecting the recent storming of Maldivian fishing boats by Indian soldiers. The motion,
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The Biden administration wants the Ukraine war to continue at least until after US Presidential elections next November. But there is a lurking danger that won’t be possible, especially if Russia mounts
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The following excerpts adapted from Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky and published in Stanford University Press Between the 1850s and World War I,
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When we saw an incoming email from a regular correspondent to the newspapers titled “Why not sing the National Anthem in the Thai language” in our inbox a couple of days ago,
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The commencement of political upheavals in world affairs sometimes lies with a seemingly obscure event. This is not to say that the shooting down of a Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane carrying
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SHOULD EUROPE BE AFRAID OF THE RISE OF FAR-RIGHT MENACE? While examining the fear of Europe of the emergence of far-right we may refer to the report by BBC’s Katya Adler that
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The meeting of European Union (EU) leaders in Brussels on Thursday was accompanied by a demonstration of angry farmers who blocked the roads around the summit venue with some 1,000 tractors, protesting
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Geopolitical tensions in the Red Sea have boiled for nearly three months, driven by Houthi attacks on commercial ships and U.S. airstrikes on Houthi targets, disrupting shipping, forcing major container companies to
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An umbrella group known as the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” was responsible for the drone attack last week that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan, the White House said on Wednesday. National
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