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China steps confidently into 2026 as a new five-year plan begins

As 2026 begins, the world’s attention has once again turned toward China, not merely out of habit, but because the country stands at a pivotal...

yesterday 7

Tajul Islam

From Lima to Madrid, a digital shockwave marked the night Maduro fell

The night Nicolás Maduro was captured did not unfold first on television screens or official press briefings. It erupted instead through vibrating...

yesterday 6

M A Hossain

Trump must take measures aimed at liberating Iran from the Islamists’ clutches

Reports of another round of mass protest in Iran are hardly surprising. Iran has witnessed massive violence since the fall of the relatively...

yesterday 5

Jagdish N Singh

Trump’s warnings to Latin America signal a dangerous expansion of US interventionism

President Donald Trump’s public warnings to Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba following the US military operation in Venezuela mark a dramatic escalation...

yesterday 4

Damsana Ranadhiran

How woke media silence shielded a multibillion-dollar Minnesota fraud

In a functioning democracy, the press is supposed to serve as an early warning system-alerting the public to corruption, abuse of power, and the...

yesterday 3

Jennifer Hicks

North Africa’s fragile growth tests the continent’s future

North Africa enters 2026 carrying a paradox that is increasingly difficult to ignore. On the surface, the region appears relatively stable compared...

yesterday 5

Suraiyya Aziz

Will digital money reshape the dollar’s global dominance?

Twice in the last century, the global financial system was forced to reinvent itself because the machinery underpinning money could no longer bear...

yesterday 5

Abul Quashem Joarder

Pakistan returns to the past: Imran Khan, Asim Munir, and the shadow of Zia-ul-Haq

Pakistan presently finds itself enmeshed in a political drama that resonates with both contemporary realities and unsettling historical echoes. The...

yesterday 3

Idrees Aftab

Another Hindu burned to death in Bangladesh as Khokon Chandra Das succumbs to injuries

Khokon Chandra Das, a Hindu man who was brutally attacked, stabbed, and set on fire in Bangladesh’s Shariatpur district, has died while undergoing...

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Tajul Islam

UK’s poorest left worse off under Starmer: Labour’s economic promises collide with reality

When Keir Starmer led the Labour Party back into government in July 2024, the victory was framed as a turning point for Britain’s battered living...

previous day 20

Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

FBI foils ISIS-inspired New Year’s terror plot in North Carolina

US federal authorities say they have disrupted a potentially deadly terrorist attack planned for the New Year holiday period by an 18-year-old man...

previous day 10

Tajul Islam

Myanmar’s census may shape the nation’s future more than its election

Myanmar’s planned election has drawn predictable international condemnation. Widely dismissed as a hollow exercise organized by a military regime...

previous day 10

Jennifer Hicks

Why the US–Europe relationship still matters in an unstable world

There is no shortage of geopolitical challenges confronting US President Donald Trump as he navigates the second year of his second term in 2026....

previous day 10

Damsana Ranadhiran

Russia condemns alleged US ‘armed aggression’ against Venezuela as region braces for escalation

Tensions in Latin America escalated sharply on January 3 after Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as an act of “armed...

previous day 10

M A Hossain

Western Europe’s 2025 collapse and its accelerating march toward self-destruction

If history is unkind to Western Europe’s ruling elites, it will not be because they lacked warnings. It will be because they ignored every single...

friday 50

Damsana Ranadhiran

China and the global order in 2026: Stability, governance, and strategic vision

As the international system approaches 2026, it does so amid persistent uncertainty. The past year underscored the fragility of global stability,...

friday 20

M A Hossain

How Dhaka banked on an Al Jazeera deep-fake to fuel anti-India hysteria after Osman Hadi’s murder

Following the attack on Osman Hadi, Al Jazeera deep-fake played role behind anti-India and anti-Hindu notoriety although the murder of anti-India...

friday 20

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

India seeks ‘neighborliness’ in South Asia as Bangladesh tensions test regional diplomacy

India’s call for renewed “neighborliness” in South Asia has taken on added urgency as diplomatic frictions with Bangladesh unfold against a...

friday 10

M A Hossain

Trump calls Ukraine envoy an ‘idiot’: Inside the growing rift over Zelensky and the war strategy

The reported departure of Keith Kellogg, the United States’ special envoy for Ukraine, has exposed deeper fractures within Donald Trump’s...

friday 10

Tajul Islam

Self-styled ‘prophet’ arrested in Ghana after failed Doomsday flood prophecy

Ghanaian police have arrested a self-proclaimed prophet who spent months warning followers of an imminent global flood and soliciting donations to...

friday 10

Tajul Islam

US freezes child care funding nationwide amid expanding fraud investigation

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to freeze federal child care funding to all 50 states, escalating a growing national...

friday 10

Jennifer Hicks

Algiers declaration signals Africa’s legal offensive for colonial reparations

For decades, the demand for colonial reparations in Africa existed in a carefully managed space of Western comfort. It was acknowledged just enough...

friday 10

Damsana Ranadhiran

Ten years on Brexit’s economic and political costs still haunt Britain

In 2026, the United Kingdom will quietly pass a milestone that few of its political architects once imagined would be marked by such widespread...

friday 10

Suraiyya Aziz

New year as a time for unity, hospitality, and hope in the MENA region

As 2025 gave way to 2026, millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the wider Arab world marked the transition...

friday 10

Suraiyya Aziz

A necessity of the contemporary humanity

In a joint statement with US President Donald J. Trump in October last year, his Egyptian and Turkish counterparts Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Recep...

friday 8

Jagdish N Singh

2025 — year of numerous critical strategic successes for Russia

When Moscow launched the special military operation (SMO) to end the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, very few people thought it would last...

01.01.2026 10

Drago Bosnic

German prosecutors to drop probe of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov after multimillion-euro settlement

German prosecutors are set to terminate an investigation into Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov after he agreed to make payments totaling...

01.01.2026 10

Tajul Islam

Multilateralism is not dead yet: Why cooperation still matters in an age of disorder

As the world approaches 2026, optimism is in short supply. Armed conflicts are raging across roughly 50 countries. Trade wars and tariff barriers,...

01.01.2026 10

M A Hossain

Munich Security Conference reopens door to AfD, testing Germany’s political firewalls

The decision by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) to allow representatives of Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to...

01.01.2026 20

Damsana Ranadhiran

War-torn Sudan sees gold mining boom amid prolonged conflict

Despite being engulfed in one of the most devastating conflicts in its modern history, Sudan has recorded a remarkable surge in gold production,...

01.01.2026 10

Sonjib Chandra Das

Can Lebanon function better without a state? Rethinking governance after collapse

For more than six years, Lebanon has lived through what would normally be considered an impossible experiment: a society operating with a...

01.01.2026 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Federal agents launch sweeping probe into alleged Minnesota childcare fraud scheme

Federal law enforcement agencies have launched a sweeping investigation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following explosive allegations that a network...

31.12.2025 20

Sonjib Chandra Das

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Putin’s residence, threatening peace talks

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated sharply on December 29–30 after Moscow accused Kyiv of attempting a drone strike on one of President...

31.12.2025 20

Jennifer Hicks

Bondi Beach shooting: Heroism, hate, and the urgent need for societal change

On December 14, 2025, a horrific act of violence shook Australia when two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, leaving 15...

31.12.2025 30

M A Hossain

Why the US and China must confront the growing risks of AI

Artificial intelligence has moved from the realm of science fiction to the core of global power politics. What once seemed like a purely...

31.12.2025 20

Abul Quashem Joarder

China’s naval doctrine demonstrates strategic symbiosis with Russia

The history of thalassocracies has always been one of sea dominance, as the name itself implies. However, whenever they become too powerful, they...

31.12.2025 20

Drago Bosnic

India clears $8.8 billion defense buys as regional security pressures mount

India has approved a fresh round of defense acquisitions worth approximately $8.8 billion, underlining New Delhi’s determination to rapidly...

31.12.2025 10

Damsana Ranadhiran

Kiev allegedly sacrificing commanders as ‘scapegoats’

Recently, Russian forces liberated the strategic city of Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic. On December 11th, Russian military sources...

31.12.2025 10

Lucas Leiroz

Bush–Putin talks reveal US pursuing smaller nuclear bombs: Docs expose origins of Russia–West breakdown

A number of long-classified NSA files were recently made public, following a lawsuit that forced the declassification of memoranda of conversation...

31.12.2025 10

Uriel Irigaray Araujo

Trump warns Hamas of ‘hell to pay’ as fragile Gaza ceasefire faces new pressure

US President Donald Trump has issued one of his starkest warning yet to Hamas, threatening the Palestinian militant group with severe consequences...

31.12.2025 50

Tajul Islam

Turning points in 2025: The future trajectory of Xi Jinping’s Diplomacy

As 2025 draws to a close, China’s Diplomacy can be read not only as the projection of a “new China,” but also as an attempt to outline a new...

31.12.2025 40

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China steps confidently into 2026 as a new five-year plan begins

Tajul Islam

From Lima to Madrid, a digital shockwave marked the night Maduro fell

M A Hossain

Trump must take measures aimed at liberating Iran from the Islamists’ clutches

Jagdish N Singh

Trump’s warnings to Latin America signal a dangerous expansion of US interventionism

Damsana Ranadhiran

How woke media silence shielded a multibillion-dollar Minnesota fraud

Jennifer Hicks

North Africa’s fragile growth tests the continent’s future

Suraiyya Aziz

Will digital money reshape the dollar’s global dominance?

Abul Quashem Joarder

Pakistan returns to the past: Imran Khan, Asim Munir, and the shadow of Zia-ul-Haq

Idrees Aftab

Another Hindu burned to death in Bangladesh as Khokon Chandra Das succumbs to injuries

Tajul Islam

UK’s poorest left worse off under Starmer: Labour’s economic promises collide with reality

Vijaya Laxmi Tripura

FBI foils ISIS-inspired New Year’s terror plot in North Carolina

Tajul Islam

Myanmar’s census may shape the nation’s future more than its election

Jennifer Hicks

Why the US–Europe relationship still matters in an unstable world

Damsana Ranadhiran

Russia condemns alleged US ‘armed aggression’ against Venezuela as region braces for escalation

M A Hossain

Western Europe’s 2025 collapse and its accelerating march toward self-destruction

Damsana Ranadhiran

China and the global order in 2026: Stability, governance, and strategic vision

M A Hossain

How Dhaka banked on an Al Jazeera deep-fake to fuel anti-India hysteria after Osman Hadi’s murder

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

India seeks ‘neighborliness’ in South Asia as Bangladesh tensions test regional diplomacy

M A Hossain

Trump calls Ukraine envoy an ‘idiot’: Inside the growing rift over Zelensky and the war strategy

Tajul Islam

Self-styled ‘prophet’ arrested in Ghana after failed Doomsday flood prophecy

Tajul Islam

US freezes child care funding nationwide amid expanding fraud investigation

Jennifer Hicks

Algiers declaration signals Africa’s legal offensive for colonial reparations

Damsana Ranadhiran

Ten years on Brexit’s economic and political costs still haunt Britain

Suraiyya Aziz

New year as a time for unity, hospitality, and hope in the MENA region

Suraiyya Aziz

A necessity of the contemporary humanity

Jagdish N Singh

2025 — year of numerous critical strategic successes for Russia

Drago Bosnic

German prosecutors to drop probe of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov after multimillion-euro settlement

Tajul Islam

Multilateralism is not dead yet: Why cooperation still matters in an age of disorder

M A Hossain

Munich Security Conference reopens door to AfD, testing Germany’s political firewalls

Damsana Ranadhiran

War-torn Sudan sees gold mining boom amid prolonged conflict

Sonjib Chandra Das

Can Lebanon function better without a state? Rethinking governance after collapse

Suraiyya Aziz

Federal agents launch sweeping probe into alleged Minnesota childcare fraud scheme

Sonjib Chandra Das

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Putin’s residence, threatening peace talks

Jennifer Hicks

Bondi Beach shooting: Heroism, hate, and the urgent need for societal change

M A Hossain

Why the US and China must confront the growing risks of AI

Abul Quashem Joarder

China’s naval doctrine demonstrates strategic symbiosis with Russia

Drago Bosnic

India clears $8.8 billion defense buys as regional security pressures mount

Damsana Ranadhiran

Kiev allegedly sacrificing commanders as ‘scapegoats’

Lucas Leiroz

Bush–Putin talks reveal US pursuing smaller nuclear bombs: Docs expose origins of Russia–West breakdown