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
Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro expressed cautious optimism that long-stalled negotiations between China and Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could finally be concluded
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European Union leaders have issued a stark warning after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose escalating tariffs on European allies unless Washington is allowed to buy Greenland, describing the threat as
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Newly uncovered documents released by the National Security Archive expose how a little-known set of secret legal opinions authored in 1989 quietly rewrote the limits of U.S. presidential power. At the center
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History, when read without illusion, reveals a grim and recurring pattern: wherever the American deep state intrudes, devastation follows. Regime change is marketed as “democracy promotion,” intervention is wrapped in the language
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China’s rapid construction of a port network across Africa is emerging as a major geopolitical pivot, reshaping global trade and shifting the balance of power along the world’s most critical maritime arteries.
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In recent years we have become accustomed to a great deal, yet world politics continues to set new records. Or perhaps sink to new depths, depending on your taste. One week in
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According to multiple people familiar with the matter, the communications began early in the Trump administration and continued through the weeks leading up to the January 3 operation that aimed to seize
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Editorial That was not the first time the world witnessed something that should symbolise humanity’s finest ideals being warped into political theatre, and yet what we saw yesterday — in another term
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They starch their spines with borrowed daylight and call it dignity,tongues varnished, knees rehearsed for velvet floors.Gravitas for hire, they auction grief in clipped syllables,while famine learns their signatures by heart.The microphone
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Northern Ireland’s chief constable, Jon Boutcher, has revealed he is reviewing the security classification of a long-suppressed MI5 file from 1973, raising the prospect that one of the most contentious documents of
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Malaysia will double the minimum salary requirements for expatriate employment visas in June, marking the first major overhaul of the scheme in nearly a decade as the government seeks to safeguard job
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Colombia has launched an ambitious $1.68 billion project to develop what officials describe as an anti-drone shield, a move aimed at countering a sharp rise in attacks carried out by unmanned aerial
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has issued a landmark decree affirming the rights of Kurdish Syrians, formally recognizing their language, restoring citizenship to thousands previously rendered stateless, and declaring Kurdish identity an integral
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When U.S. immigration agents detained Rabbiatu Kuyateh in Maryland last July, the 58-year-old Sierra Leonean believed the law would protect her. An immigration judge agreed, granting her protection from deportation after she
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The White House on Friday announced the members of a so-called “Board of Peace” that will supervise the temporary governance of Gaza under President Donald Trump’s plan, as the Palestinian enclave continues
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