Nationalist leaders from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are set to hold talks in Cardiff on Monday over possible moves towards independence or separation from the United Kingdom. The meeting is the
A global liquefied natural gas boom that was expected to deliver a long era of cheap and abundant energy is now being upended by the ongoing Middle East conflict, with markets thrown
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Sri Lanka’s political landscape was dramatically reshaped in 2024, when a wave of public anger born out of economic collapse propelled President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power (NPP) coalition
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Sri Lanka is facing a new and potentially devastating crisis along its southern coastline after the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in early March 2026, an event that has sparked
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On Sunday, 12 April 2026, Peru held presidential and parliamentary elections for the 2026–2031 term. The deepening political crisis in which Peru has been mired since 2017, the social and economic crisis—recently
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On April 13, 2026, a Paris Court delivered a landmark verdict finding French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing terrorism by channelling funds to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
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On April 14, 2026, the Government of Mizoram (GoM) signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Hmar People’s Convention-Democracy-Lalhmingthanga Sanate faction (HPC-D-LF) at Sakawrdai in the Aizawl District of Mizoram, formally
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On 20 January 2026, the UK government formally approved plans for a new Chinese mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court in the City of London, ending months of intense political debate, security reviews,
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India’s rise on the global stage is no longer debated. Over the past decade, New Delhi has steadily positioned itself as a consequential actor combining economic ambition with expanding strategic reach. Its
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As you and I worry about how war and inflation will impact our families and nations, bond traders are fixated on the numbers on their screens, calculating what might happen to seemingly
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Sixty-five years after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, newly declassified documents have shed stark new light on one of the most consequential intelligence failures of the Cold War, revealing how close
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Sri Lankan authorities have arrested another group of Chinese nationals suspected of engaging in cyber-related financial crimes, intensifying concerns about a growing network of foreign cyber criminals operating within the country. The
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Iranian leaders are presenting the recent cease-fire with the United States and Israel as evidence of resilience in the face of overwhelming military pressure. But beneath that narrative of survival lies a
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The fragile architecture of the transatlantic alliance is showing new cracks as U.S. President Donald Trump’s disputes with European leaders deepen, casting even his former allies into political isolation. Nowhere is this
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The conventional wisdom was that a destabilizing war in the oil-producing heart of the Middle East would badly hurt China, the world’s leading oil importer, and its sputtering economy. It hasn’t worked
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In Balochistan, disappearance has become more than an allegation. It has become a method of rule, a language of fear, and, for many families, the most intimate face of the Pakistani state.
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