The recent 12-day Iran-Israel conflict has impacted Balochistan, Pakistan, disrupting trade, fueling shortages and increasing sectarian tensions. Pakistan's National Security Committee is evaluating ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate different AI chatbots to better understand how they “reason.” Of course, we can easily recognize that AI reasons on its own only in the sense that it emulates the ...

After three years of civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces military groups, with both vying for their own kind of government control, peace talks still ...

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appears determined to depopulate Gaza by hook or by crook, even if he has bowed to US pressure by agreeing to a reduced military presence in the Strip as part ...

In 2024–25, Bangladesh's remittances reached a record $30.04 billion, representing a 25.50% increase from the previous year, driven by government reforms and a shift from the informal hundi system to ...

On July 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which extends the 2017 tax cuts and overhauls Opportunity Zones.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports unless Brazil grants amnesty to former President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces serious criminal charges. The White ...

French Emperor Napoleon III launched a military campaign in Mexico in 1861 to extend French influence and construct a Pan-Latin alliance that could counter Anglo-American power. France installed ...

Western democracy has devolved into a system of elite-managed spectacle, where real political choice and public agency have all but disappeared.

Ten years after Germany accepted nearly 900,000 refugees, politicians have rewritten the story of the 2015 “refugee summer” as a crisis instead of a humanitarian effort. Far-right narratives, led by ...

The urgent shift from chemical pesticides to biopesticides is crucial for reducing risks to health, the economy and the environment.

The recent International Monetary Fund Article IV consultation and Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) for the euro area (EA) have cast into sharp relief the region’s pressing vulnerabilities ...