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
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on 1 September 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met and publicly framed the relationship as “partners, not
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A deadly shooting attack near a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday left six Israelis dead and at least two critically wounded, with dozens more injured. The attack, carried out by two
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The United Nations has confirmed that over 105,000 items of evidence have been gathered as part of ongoing efforts to investigate and prosecute alleged human rights violations, war crimes, and abuses committed
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Newly declassified documents from the John F. Kennedy assassination records, released earlier this year and compiled by the National Security Archive, have unveiled a trove of covert CIA operations in Colombia during
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “There was no one like you before, and there will be no one like you after.” These words, spoken by the family of Karina Pritika, hang in
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The Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) has strongly condemned the recent agreement between India and China to reopen trade through Nepal’s Lipulekh Pass, calling it an infringement on Nepal’s sovereignty
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Wipe out Jamaat-e-Islami from the sacred land of Bangladesh—those mass-liquidators, those vile merchants of religion who bathed this land in blood and desecration in 1971. They are not merely political opportunists, nor
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Marine Le Pen delivered a blistering attack on President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, calling him a “puerile attention-seeker” and accusing his government of turning France into “the sick man of Europe.” Her
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to resign ahead of a ruling party vote on whether to hold a leadership election, NHK reported on Sunday. The timing of his departure has
More Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent handshake with Chinese President Xi Jinping is boosting optimism that Indian equities could finally narrow the gap with their emerging-market peers, Bloomberg reported. The symbolic meeting in
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts from an in-depth interview conducted by Christian Smith with George Friedman, chairman and founder of Geopolitical Futures. In the ever-shifting landscape of global
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China’s grand military parade in Beijing, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II, highlighted the country’s focus on weaving advanced technologies into its combat strategy, according to analysts.
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Taiwan is rapidly enhancing its long-range strike capabilities through the deployment of a new class of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This initiative comes as military planners seek affordable alternatives to expensive
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This week, scientists gathered in Manchester for a conference on aging to share groundbreaking research aimed at understanding the biological mechanisms that drive aging and age-related diseases. Experts presented studies that investigate
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The stage is set for a devastating attack on Sri Lanka at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), in Geneva, on 08 September. The 47-member HRC, dominated by Western
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