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Israel may have to fight alone against Tehran regime

Apparently, it is assuring to note that there has of late been an unprecedented level of military cooperation between Israel and the United States to...

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Jagdish N Singh

Rising political tensions in Poland revive debate over possible ‘Polexit’

Political tensions in Poland have intensified following a dramatic dispute between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki over access...

yesterday 20

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Jennifer Hicks

Hamas holds first talks with Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as Gaza reconstruction plan faces new challenges

In a development that could influence the future political and humanitarian landscape of Gaza, the Palestinian group Hamas has reportedly held its...

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Suraiyya Aziz

Antifascism, radicalization, and the crisis of French politics

The violent death of 23-year-old activist Quentin Deranque in the city of Lyon has shaken France far beyond the tragic loss of a single life....

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Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

Truth under siege: Media, war narratives, and the Middle East’s fragile future

In times of war and geopolitical confrontation, truth is often the first casualty. Yet in the current climate surrounding the Middle East and global...

yesterday 20

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M A Hossain

Alleged ‘fake Dubai prince’ arrested in Nigeria as another victim of romance scam emerges

Authorities in Nigeria have arrested a man suspected of running an elaborate online romance scam after a recent investigative documentary exposed a...

yesterday 20

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Tajul Islam

War in Iran sends economic and geopolitical shockwaves across Europe and Asia

The ongoing war involving Iran has triggered profound economic and political repercussions that extend far beyond the Middle East. While the region...

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Suraiyya Aziz

Italy expels suspected Chinese operatives over alleged surveillance of dissidents

In a rare and politically sensitive move, authorities in Italy have ordered the expulsion of eight Chinese nationals accused of conducting...

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Sonjib Chandra Das

Trump urges global naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Iran conflict

The escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran has placed one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints at the center of...

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Tajul Islam

Strategic patience in the Gulf: Navigating war, narratives, and the battle for truth

War has never been fought solely on battlefields. Alongside missiles, drones, and military deployments, another conflict unfolds in parallel – the...

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M A Hossain

China’s global security initiative and the search for peace in a turbulent Middle East

The renewed conflict in the Middle East following the surprise military strikes launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28...

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Damsana Ranadhiran

ISR aircraft forced to replace destroyed ground-based radars

The latest events during the American aggression on Iran demonstrate that the Pentagon is a paper tiger that can no longer rely on the myth of its...

saturday 30

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Drago Bosnic

Ending Iranian radicalism

It is assuring to learn that, in their ongoing joint offensives against the current radical Iranian regime, the United States and Israel have...

saturday 30

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Jagdish N Singh

Caught between wars and debt: Pakistan’s economic and geopolitical struggles in 2026

Amid escalating West Asia tensions, Pakistan faces a dual crisis—economic fragility and strategic vulnerability. Reliance on Gulf aid and internal...

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Idrees Aftab

The patriotism gap: What Iran understands that Bangladesh does not

By any reasonable measure, the past two weeks have not gone according to plan in Washington or Tel Aviv. When Donald Trump remarked in a recent...

saturday 30

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M A Hossain

Bolivia captures notorious drug lord Sebastián Marset in dawn raid, extradites him to the United States

In a dramatic pre-dawn operation that ended one of South America’s most extensive international manhunts, Bolivian authorities captured Uruguayan...

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Jennifer Hicks

Spyware founder’s admission reignites Greek political storm over surveillance scandal

The long-running surveillance controversy in Greece has entered a new and explosive phase after the founder of the commercial spyware firm Intellexa...

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Sonjib Chandra Das

German court trials software providers accused of enabling global online trading scams

Authorities in Germany are intensifying their fight against cyber-enabled financial fraud by targeting a part of the ecosystem that has long operated...

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Anand Sharma

How Trump’s Iran strike shook America and fractured the MAGA movement

The night of February 28 to March 1, 2026, may ultimately be remembered as one of the most consequential moments in recent American foreign policy. At...

saturday 30

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Tajul Islam

Allegations of vengeance, bribery, and fraud against Bangladesh’s special tribunal

Leaked recordings, prosecutorial infighting, and bribery allegations are casting a long shadow over the credibility of Bangladesh’s International...

saturday 20

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Republicans increasingly challenging Trump’s authority

The widening fissures inside the Republican Party over Trump’s broader unilateralism and chaotic foreign policy, and now the war of choice against...

13.03.2026 30

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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

Ukrainian government intensifies provocations against Hungary

Tensions between Hungary and Ukraine continue to escalate. Viktor Orban’s government strongly opposes NATO and the EU’s policy of systematically...

13.03.2026 30

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Lucas Leiroz

Future of Kurdish autonomy uncertain

Some of the latest reports suggest the United States and Israel are winning their ongoing war against radical Islamist Iran.  Both American President...

13.03.2026 30

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Jagdish N Singh

Why media remains silent when they can’t blame Jews?

Global attention has been focused entirely on events in Iran and Lebanon these last two weeks. Media coverage has been at saturation levels and...

13.03.2026 70

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Peter Baum

Sudan’s war nears fourth year as humanitarian catastrophe deepens

As Sudan’s devastating civil war approaches its fourth year, the international community faces an increasingly urgent challenge: preventing one of...

13.03.2026 30

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Global coalition dismantles massive cybercriminal proxy network spanning 163 countries

An international coalition of law enforcement agencies has dismantled a vast cybercriminal proxy network that enabled hackers to conceal their...

13.03.2026 30

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Suraiyya Aziz

AI-driven fraud pushes UK cases to record 444,000 in 2025

Fraud across the United Kingdom reached unprecedented levels in 2025, with reported incidents rising to a record 444,000 cases, highlighting the...

13.03.2026 30

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Sonjib Chandra Das

Five key questions about the global gold trade and its hidden risks

Gold has long been considered one of the world’s most valuable and stable commodities. It is used in jewelry, financial reserves, and modern...

13.03.2026 30

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M A Hossain

From Gen-Z protests to power: Balen Shah’s political earthquake in Nepal

Nepal has rarely witnessed a political transformation as dramatic as the one unfolding today. In the aftermath of months of mass protests, violent...

13.03.2026 30

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Tajul Islam

India debunks AI Deepfake claiming Army Chief shared Iranian ship intelligence with Israel

India has moved swiftly to counter a viral artificial intelligence-generated video falsely depicting its army chief claiming that New Delhi shared...

12.03.2026 30

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Sonjib Chandra Das

Senegal lawmakers move to tighten anti-LGBTQ legislation amid domestic support and global concern

Senegal’s parliament has approved a controversial bill that significantly strengthens the country’s already strict laws against same-sex...

12.03.2026 30

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M A Hossain

Hezbollah’s escalation is pushing Lebanon toward humanitarian disaster and state collapse

Lebanon today stands on the edge of another devastating national collapse. Years of political paralysis, economic breakdown, and social fragmentation...

12.03.2026 40

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Suraiyya Aziz

Washington’s buck-passing strategy and the Gulf’s dilemma in the Iran conflict

Tensions in the Middle East have once again exposed a familiar pattern in international politics: great powers attempting to shift the burden of...

12.03.2026 40

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Netherlands fines Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler’s Shell firm €25.8m over Congo mining bribery case

The Dutch government has concluded a lengthy corruption investigation involving a company linked to Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, imposing a...

12.03.2026 40

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Tajul Islam

After creation: Frankenstein and the burden of what we make

We live in a world littered with things we have made and no longer know how to live with. Our technologies scale beyond our capacity to govern them;...

11.03.2026 40

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Dr. Sam Ben-Meir

Europe escalates tensions with Russia in the maritime environment

European countries continue to escalate their irresponsible policies against Russia, particularly in the maritime environment. Now, Sweden is...

11.03.2026 40

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Lucas Leiroz

Reliance industries to partner on $300 billion Texas oil refinery, Trump announces

India’s energy giant, Reliance Industries, is set to invest in a massive oil refinery project in Texas, marking a potentially historic step in...

11.03.2026 40

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Anand Sharma

US–Halkbank settlement ends long-running Iran sanctions dispute

A years-long legal and geopolitical dispute between the United States and Türkiye has reached a significant turning point after the US Justice...

11.03.2026 40

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M A Hossain

Malaysia dismantles cross-border scam syndicate, repatriates 16 Chinese suspects

Malaysian authorities have dismantled a major cross-border fraud operation and deported 16 Chinese nationals wanted by Beijing, marking a significant...

11.03.2026 40

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Abul Quashem Joarder

Pakistan–Afghanistan war puts China’s Eurasian connectivity strategy at risk

The eruption of open hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan represents far more than a bilateral border dispute. It is a geopolitical shockwave...

11.03.2026 40

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Brussels weighs options as Hungary blocks billions in Ukraine support

The latest political clash within Europe over support for Ukraine has exposed the growing fractures inside the European Union. At the center of the...

11.03.2026 30

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Tajul Islam

Scientists achieve first “virtual brain” upload with digital fruit fly replica

A Silicon Valley startup claims to have achieved a scientific milestone that could reshape the future of neuroscience and artificial intelligence: the...

10.03.2026 90

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Sonjib Chandra Das

Need to dismantle the Iranian regime forthwith!

A remarkable feature of oriental politics, in general, is that it is inclined to prefer the persons of dynastic nature in governance. The recent...

10.03.2026 40

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Jagdish N Singh

UN withdrawal from Sudan–South Sudan border signals deepening regional instability

The quiet withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from two monitoring sites along the Sudan–South Sudan border may appear to be a limited...

10.03.2026 50

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M A Hossain

Russia’s shadow fleet militarized: Wagner veterans and GRU operatives guard sanctioned oil tankers

The global effort to isolate Russia’s energy sector through sanctions has triggered an elaborate counterstrategy from Moscow — one that...

10.03.2026 50

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Global turmoil highlights China’s pursuit of stability and long-term development

In an era marked by geopolitical rivalry, economic uncertainty, and persistent regional conflicts, stability has become an increasingly rare and...

10.03.2026 50

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Suraiyya Aziz

Hormuz crisis is redrawing the map of global energy security

For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been described as the world’s most dangerous energy chokepoint. Stretching just 39 kilometers at its narrowest...

10.03.2026 40

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Tajul Islam

Tucker Carlson: The new voice of jihad and Islamic terror

Commenting on Tucker Carlson, President Trump told Jonathan Karl of ABC News stating, Carlson “is not MAGA” and lacks the clarity to understand...

10.03.2026 50

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

China’s foreign policy emphasizes stability, cooperation, and global development

China’s foreign policy is increasingly presenting itself as a stabilizing force in a turbulent international environment. At a time when...

09.03.2026 40

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Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

Middle East conflict raises global inflation risks, IMF chief warns

The escalating conflict in the Middle East could trigger a new wave of global inflation if energy prices continue to rise, International Monetary Fund...

09.03.2026 50

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Sonjib Chandra Das