Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) remains a relatively small but persistent militant threat in Pakistan, using sectarian violence, targeted assassinations and occasional suicide attacks to exploit deep communal and political fault lines,
Rising instability in Africa’s Sahel region is likely to fuel new migration pressures on Europe next year, with Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso emerging as key countries to watch, according to migration
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In the early hours of December 21, 2025, the KwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdal township, about 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, was the scene of a deadly mass shooting that left
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On December 14, 2025, Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) cadre, Paogaigam Gangmei, was killed in a gunfight with National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants in an area between Joupi and Khoirok villages,
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The Government of India has now introduced a revised rural employment scheme, fine-tuning the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which has been under implementation for nearly two decades. The
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As a podcaster, I work on shows with different themes. Some are analytical. Some are historical. Some are very entertaining. But this one stayed with me in a different way. This article
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Bangladesh now finds itself trapped in an unforgiving crossfire, ensnared by the American deep state’s geopolitical and economic machinations. What was once a nation steadily forging its path as a sovereign, democratic
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On December 19, 2025, an Army Major was attacked and injured when his vehicle was intercepted by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists while travelling from Quetta to Islamabad, in the Draban area of
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China has likely loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles into newly constructed silo fields near its northern border, according to a draft Pentagon report that underscores the pace and scale of
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A remote airstrip carved into the desert of southeastern Libya has quietly become one of the most consequential pieces of infrastructure in Sudan’s devastating civil war, according to military, intelligence and diplomatic
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a stark warning to regional and global leaders on December 22, accusing the United States of an aggressive military escalation that he said threatens Venezuela, the wider
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North Korea has accused Japan of seeking nuclear weapons and warned that such a move would bring “a great disaster to mankind,” according to a statement carried by the North Korean state
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The Trump administration has begun recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy posts worldwide, a sweeping move aimed at reshaping US diplomacy around President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by refusing to back a controversial plan to use frozen Russian state assets to finance Ukraine, according to a
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A controversial historical account has reignited debate over one of the most consequential elections in postwar Europe, alleging that the CIA, the Vatican, and organized crime worked together to manipulate Italy’s 1948
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After almost losing decades of strategic depth in Afghanistan, Pakistan has now shifted its attention to cultivating a second phase of strategic depth—Bangladesh. Perhaps following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh that ousted
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