AI is becoming increasingly intelligent, but the deeper question is whether it could one day become conscious. As scientists still cannot fully explain consciousness in humans, determining whether a machine can experience
Another round of anticipated U.S.–Iran nuclear talks in Islamabad was abruptly canceled over the weekend, underscoring the fragility of diplomatic efforts to end a widening confrontation between Washington and Tehran. The failure
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MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), a major Switzerland-based publisher of over 500 peer-reviewed, open-access journals, founded in 1996, in a review titled The Long-Run Impact of Information Security Breach Announcements on Investors’
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As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks its centenary, its General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale used his April 2026 visit to the United States to engage not just the Indian diaspora, but also influential global policy circles.
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A new policy report argues that the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty may be entering its most fragile phase as violence and geopolitics collide in South Asia The fragile balance between water-sharing and
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A coordinated multi-front assault by jihadist and separatist forces has pushed Mali’s military government into crisis, exposing the limits of Russian intervention and raising fears of a wider regional destabilization A sweeping
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A new theoretical framework published in CTC Sentinel, a regular publication of the Combating Terrorism Center, argues that the dominant ways scholars and policymakers understand artificial intelligence and terrorism are no longer
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The European Union is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its industrial policy through a proposed “Made in Europe” framework under the Industrial Accelerator Act, signaling a decisive shift toward economic self-reliance and
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NATO faces “unacceptable” delays of up to seven years for key military equipment including tanks, fighter jets, and Patriot air defence systems, as decades of neglect in defence manufacturing leave member states
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A growing diplomatic dispute has erupted between Ukraine and Israel after President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Israel of importing grain allegedly stolen by Russia from occupied Ukrainian territories. The accusations center on recent
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As many as 45 million people worldwide could be pushed into acute food insecurity this year as the ongoing war in the Middle East drives what the World Bank describes as the
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Editorial Sheikh Hasina, though ultimately unseated amid public fury and shifting political winds—abetted in part by external actors—left behind something far more enduring than her tenure: continuity. Her flagship undertakings did not
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Security sources have revealed that a team of senior officers from Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), including Director SSP Shani Abeysekara, has undertaken a special overseas assignment. According to circulating information
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The latest diplomatic proposal from Iran to end the two-month-old war has exposed widening gaps between Tehran and Washington, raising doubts over any near-term resolution to a conflict already reshaping global energy
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Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla have begun a closely watched four-day state visit to the United States, landing in Washington on Monday for what is already shaping up to be one
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Islamist terrorism in India in 2026 remained contained at the operational level outside Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), but persistent patterns of radicalisation, transnational linkages, and evolving recruitment strategies underline a resilient and
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