Japan is preparing to arrange 1 trillion yen ($6.35bn) in private-sector investment in Bangladesh over the next five years, marking an effort to expand commercial engagement with one of South Asia’s largest
The U.S. Navy carried out the largest-ever airstrike from an aircraft carrier during operations in Somalia earlier this year, according to Admiral James Kilby, the acting chief of naval operations. Speaking at
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Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old military leader of Burkina Faso, has become an unlikely and polarizing symbol of resistance against Western influence and democratic dysfunction across parts of Africa. His meteoric rise
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The United Kingdom is set to sign a historic and controversial agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday, after Downing Street lifted its months-long objections to announcing
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On May 13, 2025, Bangladesh announced its conditional support for an UN-led humanitarian corridor into Myanmar’s embattled Rakhine State. The declaration came after intense backchannel negotiations between Dhaka, Naypyidaw, and key UN
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Israel may be getting ready to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to reports from American intelligence. This comes even as the US continues to negotiate a new nuclear
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Before the Local Government (LG) elections, U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung met with President Anura Kumara to discuss the prevailing political climate. During the meeting, she mentioned that a recent opinion poll she
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Japan’s Nippon Steel has dramatically raised its investment commitment in US Steel to $11 billion in a bold effort to win over former President Donald Trump and secure approval for a politically
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The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a US regime-change tool. Created to rebrand CIA covert operations as
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North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has made an unusual and striking display of personal loyalty by kneeling at the grave of Hyon Chol-hae, a senior military officer and long-time mentor who
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A new Taiwanese television drama imagining a full-scale Chinese military invasion of the island is sparking urgent conversations about Taiwan’s readiness to face potential conflict, as its creators warn that the population’s
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NAZI Germany was basically defeated by the Soviet Union. The sacrifice made by the Soviet people in defence of their country in that war was utterly unimaginable. From the very beginning however
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by Luxman Aravind When history is written by victors and erased by allies, truth becomes the first casualty. Nowhere is this more evident than in the brutal, unspoken legacy of India’s involvement
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In a groundbreaking exposé aired by Algerian television channel Dzair Tube, new revelations have surfaced detailing a secret and long-denied intelligence alliance between Morocco, Israel’s Mossad, and French intelligence during the height
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In a moment that defied much of his political history, President Donald Trump on Thursday made what appeared to be his first-ever visit to a mosque as president, removing his shoes in
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The 34th Arab League Summit concluded Saturday in Baghdad with a unified call for the “urgent and unhindered” delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and a strong condemnation of Israel’s continued military
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