Nationalist leaders from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are set to hold talks in Cardiff on Monday over possible moves towards independence or separation from the United Kingdom. The meeting is the
I still miss the inimitable tag line, Tukde Tukde Gang, literally meaning ‘fragments’, after all these eleven tumultuous years of Indian politics. It was the political catchphrase invented by India’s ruling party, Bharatiya Janata
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by Satchi Sithanandan When María Corina Machado named onto the stage in Oslo to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the applause sounded less like recognition of peace than of politics. Venezuela’s
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The United States will allow Qatar to build and operate an air force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, marking a rare instance of a foreign nation establishing a
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An underground group of teenage hackers has gained notoriety for crippling some of the UK’s largest brands. Jaguar Land Rover was forced to close factories after a cyberattack, the Co-op faced empty
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Israeli forces have reportedly recovered a memo in an underground Hamas complex that appears to have been written by Yahya Sinwar, the slain leader of the group. According to reporting, the memo
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade on Friday night, showcasing what state media described as the country’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date—the Hwasong-20—in a display
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U.S. President Donald Trump reignited the trade war with China on Friday, abruptly ending a fragile truce between the world’s two largest economies by announcing sweeping new tariffs and export restrictions in
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A significant escalation in regional tensions occurred on October 9, 2025, when Pakistan conducted an airstrike in Kabul near Abdul Haq Square, targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Noor Wali Mehsud. While the
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of
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Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests forced limits on presidential powers. In 2025, the new government has been pushing further toward a parliamentary system, which was in
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), nestled in the southeast of Bangladesh, have long been the homeland of the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities. These peoples have cultivated their ancestral
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Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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India will reopen its embassy in Kabul as it seeks to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced on Thursday. “I’m pleased to announce
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Japan’s ruling coalition has collapsed after the Komeito party, the junior partner to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced it was ending its alliance with the ruling bloc over disagreements on political
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