The death of Hashim Musa, a former Pakistan Army Special Services Group commando who joined Lashkar-e-Taiba after retiring from the military, raises uncomfortable questions about the movement of trained military personnel into
Leaving Russia no longer necessarily means leaving Russian repression behind. According to a new report presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Russian Federation has developed a systematic and institutionalised
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On September 10, 2026, the formation of 50 parliamentary standing committees of the 13th National Parliament was completed. Of these, only one person from the opposition party, Deputy leader of the Opposition
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Fifty years on, the bomb has stopped exploding, but the questions it left behind have not. The newly released records deepen the evidence surrounding Pinochet’s alleged role, while the most consequential findings
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The arrangements span Africa and Latin America and have already resulted in deportations to countries with which many migrants have no previous connection. Early agreements included flights to Costa Rica carrying migrants
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In the longer term, the 22nd Amendment could signal the Dissanayake administration’s approach to institutional restraint. If enacted without wider consultation or a referendum despite sustained objections, it could deepen mistrust between
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The central challenge is consequently not whether the United States should recognise its dependence on China. That dependence is already embedded across critical supply chains. The question is how Washington uses the
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An artificial intelligence error in a US military intelligence report almost triggered a confrontation with China during the war with Iran this spring, after a chatbot incorrectly identified the cargo aboard a
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When Indian and Chinese troops confronted each other at Doklam in 2017, the consequences extended far beyond the disputed Himalayan territory. More than 2,000 kilometres away in Mumbai, the confrontation prompted China’s
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Berlin’s Wall disappeared more than three decades ago. Its political geography did not. Across the city, voting patterns have repeatedly traced invisible boundaries, revealing how history, age, education, housing, migration and everyday
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“Before, I was afraid of the Sebin, and now I don’t know whether I have to be afraid of the CIA.” The remark, made by an opposition lawmaker in Caracas, captures the
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Across Tehran, banners carrying images of rocket-propelled grenades, sniper rifles, assault weapons and communications equipment pose a blunt question: “Do you know how to work with this?” The message forms part of
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Five years after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, the investigation into one of the most consequential political murders in Haiti’s recent history has entered a new phase. Haiti has extradited 18
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The escalating conflict around the Black Sea is threatening to create a new global food supply shock, with attacks on Russian and Ukrainian ports disrupting grain shipments and forcing buyers thousands of
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Russia’s ruling United Russia party is on course for a sweeping victory in the country’s first parliamentary election since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, according to preliminary results, in
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet in Washington on September 24, with trade expected to dominate a summit shaped by shifting economic fortunes and mounting
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