Europe’s major rivers recorded exceptionally low flows this summer, disrupting freight transport and energy production as prolonged drought combined with repeated heatwaves. The Copernicus Climate Change Service says the average discharge of
On August 19, 2026, a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist, Abdullah, was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). On August 17, 2026, five Fitna-al-Khawarij (FaK, a state
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The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in February of this year. For six months, US missiles and bombs have fallen upon civilian and military targets inside
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A trade deal without the people’s voice; an agreement beyond parliamentary scrutiny, democratic accountability, and national debate—raising profound questions about sovereignty, legitimacy, and consent. Trade agreements are not merely commercial instruments. When
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When dissent is labeled as treason, democracy itself is under threat. In India today, the “Pakistani threat” has evolved from a genuine security issue into a political tool, justifying mass arrests and
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Julián Casanova has spent much of his career examining the violence that shaped modern Europe, from the Russian Revolution and anarchism to the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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In Moscow, the mood is increasingly uneasy. “I don’t understand anything. Last week everything was normal in Moscow, and suddenly there is no petrol and you have to queue for an hour
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday that peace could only be secured through strength, as he visited a sensitive frontline island to commemorate a pivotal battle with Chinese forces almost seven
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An August 1931 encounter in Rome left Heinrich Brüning, Germany’s chancellor, visibly dispirited. According to Erwin Planck, an Oberregierungsrat in the Reich Chancellery, the impression made on Brüning by Benito Mussolini was
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is no longer defined by the nationwide war that consumed it for two decades. The Taliban controls the country, large-scale fighting has receded,
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“The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Colombia’s decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the
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The warning comes as tensions between the Ethiopian Government’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and the ethno-nationalist Tigray’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have escalated in recent weeks, with a drone strike on the city
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The White House personnel report lists Natalie Harp as a special assistant and personal aide to the US president, with an annual salary of $150,000. On paper, it is a significant position.
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For centuries, the Arctic was less a highway than a barrier. European explorers searched for a northern maritime passage to Asia from the 1500s onwards, repeatedly confronting ice, distance and extreme conditions.
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Qatar has slashed government department budgets by up to 30 per cent and cut funding for overseas aid by about 85 per cent as the US-Israel war against Iran inflicts a sharp
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Germany and four other European Union member states are negotiating with Rwanda over the establishment of centres for rejected asylum seekers, as European governments seek new ways to implement deportations outside the
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