by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
An investigation reported by the Jerusalem Post details how Israel’s expanding artificial intelligence targeting infrastructure is reshaping the battlefield, turning digital traces from phones and surveillance networks into what critics describe as
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The Soufan Center notes Israel and the government of Lebanon are expanding direct talks to include a military “track,” even as Beirut refuses to order its armed forces to confront Hezbollah. The
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Editorial The disappearance of 42 ancient paintings from Sri Lanka’s National Art Gallery is not a bureaucratic accounting error. It is a cultural alarm bell ringing in a country that already seems
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A cache of newly declassified American intelligence records has opened a rare window into the hidden world of Cold War-era UFO investigations, revealing extraordinary encounters tracked by military radar systems across multiple
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued one of his strongest assurances yet that the island nation will not slide back into the kind of economic catastrophe that toppled former leader
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued a strong warning to states over the ongoing involuntary return of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers, calling the practice a violation
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An anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence from Donald Trump was abruptly shelved after intense eleventh-hour pressure from Silicon Valley leaders, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, according to people familiar with
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The United States military has significantly drawn down its stockpile of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending Israel than Israeli forces used themselves during hostilities with Iran, according
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China’s leading universities are increasingly integrating Communist Party ideology into mainstream higher education, offering structured courses on party history, doctrine and leadership that are now being framed by some students and educators
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Global private equity firms are rapidly unwinding their exposure to China’s data centre sector, marking a decisive shift in how foreign capital is retreating from one of the world’s most strategically sensitive
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Sino-Russian Mega Pipeline ‘Power of Siberia 2’ Signals Deep Energy Realignment Between Xi and Putin
A vast planned gas pipeline linking Russia’s Arctic energy fields to China is emerging as one of the most strategically significant infrastructure projects in global energy markets, underscoring the deepening alignment between
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Armenia is rapidly emerging as one of the most strategically significant states on Europe’s periphery, according to analysis associated with The Soufan Center. Positioned between Iran, Türkiye, and the broader South Caucasus,
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In 1921, a few years into the Soviet experiment, V. I. Lenin published an essay with the revealing title ‘New Times and Old Mistakes in a New Guise’. The essay opened a
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The Donald Trump administration has just indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the downing of two planes in 1996. Given the similarities between the measures taken against Cuba in recent months
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As one becomes more familiar with the complexities and civilizational depth of China, curiosity naturally extends beyond its major cities toward regions often obscured by mythology, ideological distortion, and geopolitical propaganda. This
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