Mathematicians around the world are struggling to come to terms with a breakthrough that has challenged their understanding of their profession and its future. On 6 October, OpenAI released 722 manuscripts generated
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed Moscow’s willingness to mediate between Iran and Israel, the Kremlin announced Thursday, following a high-level phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The hour-long conversation focused
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Cambodia has issued a stark warning that it will impose a full ban on Thai fruit and vegetable imports if Thailand does not lift new restrictions at border crossings, escalating an already
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As Israel and Iran play, the “Game of Chicken”, in a fiery war of missiles and drones, powerlessness of global stakeholders in preventing wars is starkly evident as primary and secondary goals
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As tensions between Iran and Israel reach an explosive crescendo, a growing number of Iranian dissidents are raising their voices — and their banners — in an urgent plea to prevent a
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Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Asim Munir has arrived in Washington for a five-day official visit aimed at reinforcing military and economic ties with the United States, even as Islamabad deepens its
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We are witnessing a joint Israeli-US attack on Iran. Claims by the Trump administration that it is not involved are false. Israel’s far right government and the Trump administration are joined at
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When Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on the verge of declaring Sri Lanka bankrupt, a proposal was received from China through the then Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa. The proposal was to obtain a $4
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On the sidelines of a critical G7 Summit in Canada, leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies issued a united statement on the escalating conflict in West Asia, affirming Israel’s right to
More In June 2025, the world witnessed the outbreak of a full-scale war between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Zionist regime of Israel. This conflict, extending far beyond the military sphere,
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The trilateral AUKUS defense pact between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom has come under fresh scrutiny after news emerged that the Pentagon is conducting a formal review of the
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The Indian media reports make out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reception for the seven parliamentary delegations waging the war on terror turned into a social occasion to celebrate the flashes of ‘national unity’
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The second round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul, and the events leading up to them, offer a clear snapshot of the current state of the conflict. It is
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Mutzig, France – First stop on my annual visit to France’s mighty Maginot Line forts is this lovely Alsatian town. Mutzig was built by the Germans 1893-1916 to defend against enemy approaches
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In 2022, I was invited to participate in a book project that gathered leading scientists worldwide to address a topic that already seemed critically urgent: managing the nuclear order. In this context, we organised
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Human history over the last several centuries has been marred by wars and conflicts, in which millions of innocent people have lost their lives. A careful study of such events would highlight
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