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
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz marks a pivotal moment for global trade, bringing an end to more than 100 days of severe disruption that rattled energy markets, disrupted shipping routes
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On June 2, 2026, two U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations in Iraq, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Al-Imam Ali, announced their intention to begin handing over their heavy weapons to the Iraqi state.
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Argentina’s economic transformation under President Javier Milei is producing sharply different realities depending on where people stand. For agricultural entrepreneur Marcos Pereda, the country’s economic direction has brought record harvests, rising exports,
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The music surges across the grounds of Kyiv’s historic Oleksandr Dovzhenko film studios as hundreds of young people dance beneath the summer sky. For a few hours, laughter replaces the sound of
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Taiwan’s main opposition party has proposed a NT$240 billion (US$7.5 billion) plan to expand the island’s drone industry, just days after delaying consideration of a similar initiative put forward by President Lai
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JPMorgan Chase is reshaping its approach to national security financing with a sweeping investment initiative that will see the country’s largest bank deploy billions of dollars of its own capital into companies
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay $395 million to resolve 530 claims of child sexual abuse, bringing to a close one of the largest Catholic Church abuse settlements in
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has registered his pre-candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, taking the first formal step toward seeking a third term after constitutional amendments approved by the country’s Congress
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A report examining book censorship in the United States alleges that the removal of books from public schools and libraries has evolved into a coordinated and institutionalized effort driven by political organizations,
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first overseas tour since assuming office in February 2026 was as much about signalling intent as it was about securing tangible outcomes. By choosing Kuala Lumpur and
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Since the early 1990s, the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, located on the Amur River, has steadily reemerged as one of Russia’s most important “border trade hubs.” Sitting directly across from the Chinese city of Heihe,
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Dr Laksiri Fernando SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis is normally used in business management, marketing, economic projects etc. However, it could also be used in political science or political analysis.
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A congressional hearing on the CIA’s Cold War-era MKUltra program is set to renew attention on one of the most controversial chapters in American intelligence history, but questions remain over whether the
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On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative
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This year has been a crazy time with regard to Washington’s treatment of artificial intelligence, and the pace has picked up in the last couple of weeks. This train of events began
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