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,
Japan is rapidly transforming its southernmost islands into a fortified “missile archipelago” as relations with China reach their highest tension in more than a decade, Bloomberg reported. At the forefront of this
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The Parable of the Broken Window In 1850, the French economist Frederic Bastiat penned “The Parable of the Broken Window.” A boy breaks a shop window, and a glazier is paid six
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Australia’s imposition of autonomous sanctions on senior Taliban leaders marks a decisive moment in the global response to Afghanistan’s ongoing human rights crisis. Announced on 5 December 2025, these measures go beyond
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a stark warning today, stating that a new bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago threatens
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An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to
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Thailand launched a series of air strikes with F-16 bombers along its disputed frontier with Cambodia on Monday, after both governments accused each other of breaching a US-brokered ceasefire. According to Cambodia’s
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by Luxman Aravind Nine days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka’s coast, the public woke to the unexpected sight of a United States military team landing in the country under the banner of
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India and Russia held their 23rd Annual Summit in New Delhi on 4–5 December 2025, marking a quarter century of their Strategic Partnership (2000–2025). The visit reaffirmed the depth and durability of
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“Pearly shells, shining in the ocean…” The gentle lyric of that timeless island song carries more geopolitical truth than its composer ever imagined. Pearls are prized for their beauty, rarity, and the
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In a powerful demonstration of regional solidarity and humanitarian commitment, the Pakistan Navy this week played a pivotal role in rescue efforts in Sri Lanka, a nation reeling from the devastating impact
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Never waste a crisis – former Foreign Minister Ali Sabri called on the country’s leaders to use the national tragedy as an opportunity for transformative, long-term reform and reconstruction. He went on
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The first National Security Strategy of the United States of America was released in 1950 under President Truman. It set firm strategic goals based on the containment doctrine to limit the influence
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China is rapidly advancing its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities, rolling out a suite of networked, autonomous systems that could upend decades of undersea dominance by the United States and Japan. Over the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis deepened on Sunday as the official death toll from Cyclone Ditwah rose to 627, with 190 people still reported missing and more than
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That was no ordinary greeting; on the frosty evening of last Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Modi embraced Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bear hug at Delhi airport and, within moments, presented
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