Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack by allies of Iran, opening a new and potentially consequential front in the Middle East war as fighting around
Chinese President Xi Jinping used a landmark anniversary celebration of the Chinese Communist Party to reaffirm Beijing’s longstanding claim over Taiwan, intensify his call for an uncompromising fight against corruption, and outline
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France’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rémi Lambert, is likely aware of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous remark about the strategic importance of Trincomalee Harbour. Napoleon is often attributed with stating that whoever controls Trincomalee
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The United States has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence models, ending a weeks-long block that had prevented public access to the company’s Mythos and Fable systems and intensified
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Cuba has officially established a new government institution tasked with leading the transformation of the country’s state enterprise system, creating a central body responsible for improving the operation, organization and development of
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China has introduced a broad new overseas investment regulation aimed at protecting national interests, responding to foreign trade barriers and controlling the transfer of sensitive technologies abroad, a move analysts say could
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) has surpassed 101 million members as it marks its 105th anniversary, expanding its organizational network across Chinese society and reinforcing its central role in the country’s
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The United States military has established a significant relief operation in Venezuela following two major earthquakes last week, deploying more than 900 personnel inside the country and hundreds more at regional bases
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The conflict involving Iran has significantly altered China’s petrochemicals trade, enabling Chinese producers to reduce domestic oversupply by increasing exports as buyers across Asia seek alternatives to supplies disrupted by the loss
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Dual-use naval facilities are commercial ports, shipyards, or maritime hubs operationally designed and equipped to support military operations when required though they operate primarily for civilian trade in peacetime. The issue at
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A crowd gathers outside a theatre in Soweto, Johannesburg, carrying South African flags, blowing Vuvuzelas and whistles, and chanting slogans. The atmosphere resembles a national celebration, but there is no sense of
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The meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the recent BRICS National Security Advisers’ gathering offered another reminder that despite decades of dialogue, the India-China
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These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World’ against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the ‘Global War on
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On June 27, 2026, Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) announced its new central committee, appointing Maulana Gazi Ataur Rahman as Secretary General. The party also named four joint secretaries general, four assistant secretaries
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On June 27, 2026, at least six Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and three Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) terrorists [a splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)] were killed, while four Rangers sustained injuries, after a group
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General George S Patton, who distinguished himself at head of American field armies and specifically the tank corps during the Second World War named his biography, “War as I Knew It.” This
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