For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial satellite launched a space race that ultimately saw
Behind a recent high-profile indictment involving the brother of Israel’s domestic security chief lies a sprawling and highly lucrative smuggling industry that has quietly expanded during the war. According to experts cited
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The mutual hostility between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other since the 1978 Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the unique political system known as
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In recent times, India has entered into trade agreements with several countries, with the latest being the agreements between the European Union and India, and between the US and India. Everyone in
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The majestic presence of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda and Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetileke, though now more than 16 years after that historic victory, represented the
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Pakistan is grappling with an alarming surge of violence along ethnic and sectarian lines. On February 6, 2026, a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the Khadija al-Kubra Imambargah in Islamabad killed
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Consciousness, at its basic level, is an individual’s self-awareness, comprising both external and internal phenomena; it may constitute any kind of cognition, experience, feeling, or perception. Awareness can be a continuously changing continuum, or it may shut down
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On 20 May 2017, during a violent protest planned by sectors of the Venezuelan opposition, 21-year-old Orlando Figuera was attacked by a mob that accused him of being a Chavista. After being
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The United States and Bangladesh have signed a landmark trade agreement that lowers US tariffs on Bangladeshi goods to 19% and opens the door to zero-duty access for selected textile and apparel
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China has released a white paper defending Hong Kong’s approach to safeguarding national security, presenting the measures as essential to maintaining stability in a volatile global environment. The document, issued on Tuesday
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China’s influence in Bangladesh is expected to grow further after this week’s national election, following the 2024 ouster of long-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose government had close ties with India. According
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The very name “Jamaat-e-Islami” evokes historical unease in Bangladesh. Cloaked in religion, its ideological foundation has long sought to impose a rigid interpretation of faith upon the populace, often through brutal force.
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“If nature has seen fit to make us born into the first of these classes of men, it is so that we may enjoy at will the pleasure of enslaving the other
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Afghanistan remains trapped in a deep and layered crisis, marked by persistent armed resistance, extremist violence, political fragility, the collapse of law and order, and systematic institutional repression. Nearly four years after
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MI5 has issued a stark warning to UK universities over growing interference from China and other “hostile states,” highlighting attempts to sway research, intimidate staff, and shape academic discourse. Last week, more
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At 22,000 feet above the Nevada desert, the future of high-tech warfare is being tested in real time. A pair of US Marine F-35B Lightning jets glides into position alongside an RAF
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