Princess Astrid of Norway has died at the age of 94, the Norwegian royal household announced on Friday, 11 September. “Princess Astrid has died,” the royal household said in a brief statement,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making a bold and risky bet on peace with the Kurds, following an unprecedented call from jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for his
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European leaders have thrown their support behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his heated Oval Office confrontation with Donald Trump, but the widening divide between Kyiv and Washington has left Europe facing
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Shortly after a tense exchange in the Oval Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sat down for a highly anticipated interview where he shared his candid views on Ukraine’s evolving relationship with the
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The following essay, based on the speech delivered by former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe at NXT Conclave 2025, explores South Asia’s evolving identity and the critical role of trade and regional
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The dramatic scene in the Oval Office on Friday evening signals that President Donald Trump is decoupling the US from the ‘forever war’ in Ukraine that his predecessor Joe Biden left behind. The war is
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In a stunning breach of decorum, friendship, and basic decency, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance attacked Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky today, savaging him in front of a scrum of reporters in the
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Editorial What exactly happened in the White House? Zelenskyy thought he was fighting a war for the West. And he was right—Ukraine was never anything more than a proxy, a disposable frontline
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It is only a guess, but it could be more than that. Trump and Putin are engaged in negotiations over Ukraine and European security. The tea leaves say that this is being
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In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way. ~ Celia Green The complicated word “recrudescence”
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Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) secured victory in the country’s parliamentary election with 29.2% of the vote, yet it finds itself locked out of power as three centrist parties have formed a
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