Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faces a high-stakes impeachment trial in the Senate beginning Monday, a case that could reshape the country’s political landscape and determine whether she remains a leading contender
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Turkish authorities have intensified a crackdown on perceived critics ahead of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, with the detention of journalists, academics and lawyers drawing renewed attention to concerns over press
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Relations between India and the United States have come under renewed scrutiny after former Indian intelligence official Vikram Sood cited remarks allegedly made by US Deputy Secretary of State Landau suggesting that
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North Korea has signalled its ambition to expand its naval capabilities and play a larger role in military cooperation with China and Russia through a major weapons test involving its newly commissioned
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As Bangladesh began to show its first signals of hard geopolitical steering, drifting away from India and embracing China, that too strategically, India must ensure that its tactical footprint and core interests
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As Pakistan seeks a larger diplomatic role amid renewed geopolitical attention, its gravest challenges remain within its own borders. The conflict in West Asia, renewed American engagement, Saudi financial support, and strategic
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This is the second and final part of this interview, the first part of which was published in yesterday’s edition. Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE, Frerks sees Sri
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I am on a boat with 100 drag queens who are traveling from the gay enclave of Cherry Grove on Fire Island to the neighboring community of the Pines. They have staged
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The resurgence of armed confrontations between the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) signals the re-emergence of one of Manipur’s most enduring intra-Naga rivalries. Although both
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On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
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