Wagah-Attari repatriation highlights how the 2008 consular pact endures even as Sir Creek arrests and a wider India-Pakistan trade freeze persist.
China’s drone manufacturers are turning the battlefield demand for cheap counter-drone weapons into a fast-growing export business, with 3D-printed interceptors costing as little as $1,500.
The U.S. has secured control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves under a 100-year lease, with proceeds funneled through U.S-controlled bank accounts before Caracas sees a cent. Chevron stands to benefit first, with Exxon, oilfield-service firms, and refiners lining up behind it.
As NATO’s internal quarrels grow louder and more frequent, a cluster of rival forums – the SCO, BRICS and now the Mecca Pact – is surfacing to catch the diplomatic overflow, each offering hedging states a seat at a table not chaired from Washington. Together, they are stitching together an increasingly crowded landscape of alternative power blocs, unlikely alliances that would have seemed improbable a decade ago now taking shape from Central Asia to the Gulf.
As depopulation empties out entire towns, overseas buyers are stepping in where domestic demand has vanished – reshaping communities in ways residents are still learning to live with.
Eight hours on the ground, no meeting with Putin, and neither Washington nor Moscow saying why – inside the most closely watched unannounced visit of the war.
China’s drone manufacturers are turning the battlefield demand for cheap counter-drone weapons into a fast-growing export business, with 3D-printed interceptors costing as little as $1,500....
The U.S. has secured control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves under a 100-year lease, with proceeds funneled through U.S-controlled bank accounts before Caracas sees a cent. Chevron stands to benefit first, with Exxon, oilfield-service firms, and refiners lining up behind it....
As NATO’s internal quarrels grow louder and more frequent, a cluster of rival forums – the SCO, BRICS and now the Mecca Pact – is surfacing to catch the diplomatic overflow, each offering hedging states a seat at a table not chaired from Washington. Together, they are stitching together an increasingly crowded landscape of alternative power blocs, unlikely alliances that would have seemed improbable a decade ago now taking shape from Central Asia to the Gulf....
As depopulation empties out entire towns, overseas buyers are stepping in where domestic demand has vanished – reshaping communities in ways residents are still learning to live with....
Eight hours on the ground, no meeting with Putin, and neither Washington nor Moscow saying why – inside the most closely watched unannounced visit of the war....
On August 26, a large section of the glacier sheared away and crashed down the mountain, sending an ice-and-rock avalanche into the Lhende river system and unleashing a powerful surge that wreaked havoc across Nepal....
Sanjaya Baru edited leading Indian dailies The Financial Express and Business Standard before serving as Media Advisor, spokesperson and speechwriter to former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2004 to 2009. A prolific author, his books include The Accidental Prime Minister (2014) and 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History (2016).
The man Deng Xiaoping picked to turn Shanghai into Asia’s Manhattan and steer China into the WTO leaves behind a quiet, seismic legacy. ...
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K Nageshwar is a distinguished Indian academic, journalist, and former provincial legislator, who has also held senior roles in journalism education and media leadership. A widely followed public intellectual and award-winning speaker, he commands a massive digital following, with over a million subscribers and 10 million+ monthly YouTube views.
Under Modi, India has kept losing ground – from Bangladesh to Chabahar to Trump’s tariffs. A hard look at Modi's foreign policy gap....
about 1 month ago
Steve Israel represented New York in the US House of Representatives from 2001 to 2017, chairing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee before becoming a CNN political commentator and founding director of Cornell University's Institute of Politics and Global Affairs. He is also the author of two political satire novels, The Global War on Morris and Big Guns.
When only 16 districts are still up for grabs, the fight for Congress comes down to turnout, money, and whether Trump will accept losing....
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