The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
US President Donald Trump, in the midst of his triumph ending the Gaza war and gaining the return of the Israeli hostages, is jacking up the pressure on Russia. The major threat,
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The overnight clashes of October 11–12, 2025, along the volatile 2,640-kilometre Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan marked one of the deadliest confrontations in recent years, resulting in several deaths and reigniting
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Since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on August 5, 2024, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has not only unleashed itself as a formidable domestic force in Bangladesh, but also very much on the international level. As the
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The world economy has so far weathered the heaviest barrage of U.S. tariffs since the 1930s, buoyed by resilient consumer spending, corporate absorption of higher costs, and a surge in artificial intelligence-driven
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Taiwan is launching an ambitious new air defense system known as “T-Dome,” designed to create a faster, smarter “sensor-to-shooter” network that can detect and destroy incoming threats with greater precision. The plan,
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An investigation by Le Monde reveals how secretive Russian-linked tankers are skirting sanctions, spreading risk, and stirring fears of sabotage beneath Europe’s northern waters. In the gray September light of Tallinn’s naval
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Go to Kosovo today and you’ll meet men in their twenties named Tonibler—a single word, a single name, bestowed by grateful parents who wanted to honour the
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China’s exports grew at their fastest rate in half a year, defying expectations and signaling that the world’s second-largest economy remains remarkably resilient despite intensifying trade tensions with the United States. Overseas
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The Trump administration signaled on Sunday that it is open to a potential deal with China to ease fresh trade tensions, while maintaining pressure on Beijing to roll back new export restrictions
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Editorial The latest salvo of violence along the Afghanistan–Pakistan frontier, in which the Taliban announced the annihilation of scores of Pakistani soldiers in a retaliatory operation, is far more than a mere
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and supreme commander of
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In 2020, a leading U.S. credit rating agency issued a warning to President Gotabaya’s government in Sri Lanka, stating that the country’s state revenue was insufficient to meet debt repayments. That same
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When her mother passed away, I immediately sent Arundhati Roy my condolences, recalling our brief meeting in Sweden with another remarkable figure, Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the Pentagon Papers. I wrote,
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Tata Capital Ltd. and LG Electronics India Ltd. are poised to begin trading in Mumbai over the next two days following the completion of their landmark initial public offerings — together marking
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The London silver market has erupted into chaos after a dramatic short squeeze sent prices soaring above $50 an ounce — only the second time in history that the precious metal has
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