Hôtel de Ville, the city hall of Limoges in central France, was built by architect Charles-Alfred Leclerc in 1883. A historically protected building of Limousin granite and Poitou limestone, adorned by statues
Five years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, its grip on Afghanistan remains formidable but increasingly contested. Persistent TTP attacks inside Pakistan, worsening Kabul–Islamabad tensions and the emergence of armed anti-Taliban groups
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Former minister Champika Ranawaka has sharply criticised Sri Lanka’s handling of Trincomalee port and its growing strategic engagement with India, arguing that Colombo is allowing major powers to shape decisions without a
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Turkey’s biggest financial scandal in a decade has reached the political circle of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with senior members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and relatives of government officials
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The European Commission is proposing changes to the European Union’s enlargement rules that could allow new members to join while temporarily limiting their voting rights, and even suspend some voting powers if
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For Lebanon’s children, returning to school has become a struggle to recover routines repeatedly shattered by war, displacement and economic crisis. Jana, 12, sits in a classroom on the outskirts of Beirut,
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The latest issue of Merkur, the German journal, takes aim at one of the increasingly popular descriptions of contemporary capitalism: “neofeudalism”. The term has gained currency as political and economic power becomes
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For years, progressive intellectuals, activists and cultural figures have argued that political imagination has weakened, leaving societies poorly equipped to confront the exhaustion of neoliberalism and ecological collapse. The response has been
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Brazil’s presidential election is heading for a second round on October 25, with Senator Flávio Bolsonaro holding an early lead over President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but falling short of the
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Part 2 The instrument we no longer have Something was lost in the twentieth century and has never been replaced. The Third International was dissolved in 1943, a wartime accommodation to allies
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, civilian security remains deeply fragile despite repeated declarations that peace has been restored. With 306 deaths recorded, 49 people still missing and
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La Tasty, a small café on the waterfront road in Al-Khasab, has become an unlikely destination for visitors seeking a view of one of the world’s most dangerous maritime routes. Its customers
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Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped prevent a flydubai passenger aircraft from crashing after his copilot attacked him in the cockpit, has described how he fought through severe injuries to
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Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is developing a troubling contradiction: it speaks of neutrality, humanitarianism and sovereign decision-making, yet its conduct increasingly reflects the risks imposed by American power. The treatment of Iranian
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday accompanied by senior executives from German defence companies, as Russian forces intensified attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Merz is expected to announce
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The US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush arrived at Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about 4,800 personnel aboard, beginning a five-day rest-and-recreation visit after six months supporting US operations
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