Senior executives have resigned from a $25 billion US liquefied natural gas venture after its former chief executive alleged that Russian energy group Novatek was secretly financing the project and controlling its
A new survey commissioned by solar installer Sunrun found that 80% of consumers worry data centers will increase their electricity bills. The findings reflect rising public unease over the AI industry’s soaring
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North Korea has rejected South Korea’s renewed efforts to discuss denuclearization, calling the idea a “pipedream” and reaffirming its stance as a permanent nuclear weapons state. In a statement issued on October
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The Trump administration has significantly increased U.S. military presence in the Caribbean, with assets massing off the coast of Venezuela in what analysts say could be a precursor to expanded operations in
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Britain’s most senior military personnel made at least twelve official visits to Israel during the Gaza war, newly published Ministry of Defence (MoD) records show. The trips, largely unpublicised at the time,
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Six days had passed since Lalith became the leader of the Democratic United National Front, or UFP. At that time, President Premadasa suddenly decided to hold the provincial council elections. When Premadasa
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The highlight of the month of October is Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya’s official visit to India from October 16 to 18. This was the 55 year-old former academic’s first visit to India
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Saturday that he had apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump following a political advertisement that targeted American audiences and drew sharp criticism from the former
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Asia-Pacific leaders concluded the annual APEC summit in South Korea on Saturday with a joint declaration emphasizing the need for resilient and mutually beneficial trade, amid mounting fractures in the global trading
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More than ten years after jihadi forces stormed the fabled city of Timbuktu, banning music, dancing and imposing sharia law, Mali is once again teetering on the edge of collapse. Fighters affiliated
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Canada is spearheading a major push to strengthen its position in the global critical minerals market, announcing C$1.4 billion ($1 billion) in new investments and partnerships aimed at securing key materials for
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On October 29, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern over the inclusion of several Baloch activists on Pakistan’s terrorist Watchlist under Section 11-EE
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The Republic of Maldives has taken a bold and unprecedented step in global tobacco control, becoming the first nation in the world to implement a generational ban on tobacco. Effective from November
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As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the human consequences of armed conflict— I once believed
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts adapted from an interview with Professor Jiang Xueqin conducted by Cyrus Janssen. “I see geopolitics as a game among different players,” Professor Jiang
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an anti-corruption drive targeting former rebel loyalists and even members of his own family, as he struggles to transition from insurgency leader to head of a
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