After weeks of uneasy quiet, American missiles again lit up Iran’s southern coast on September 1. The targets were Revolutionary Guard air defences, radars, mine-laying craft and communications nodes clustered near the Strait of Hormuz. Washington framed the action as…
China’s rivers have long been pressed into the service of the state. Today they are being conscripted on an unprecedented scale. By the end of 2025 the country’s installed hydropower capacity stood at roughly 450 gigawatts, more than 40% higher…
In the steep valleys of northern Nepal, the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers usually announce their moods with the monsoon. On the morning of 26th August they did not. At roughly 8.37am a mass of ice and rock sheared from…
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye’s new defence pact signals a multipolar Middle East—and leaves India watching carefully In the shadow of the Kaaba, three leaders of the Muslim world formalised a pact that may prove more consequential than its deliberately…
After more than a decade of protection, hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States are losing their legal right to remain. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti ended on 27 July, following a Supreme Court ruling in June…
In the spring of 2025, President Donald Trump marked what he called “Liberation Day” with a proclamation that upended the postwar trading order. Tariffs—broad, blunt, and often eye-watering—were slapped on imports from dozens of countries, framed as rectification for decades…
The global economy is no longer shaped by trade alone. Increasingly, it is being defined by geopolitics, technological competition, energy transitions, and the race to secure resilient supply chains. Nations today are not merely negotiating trade agreements; they are competing…
On a cloudy Saturday in July, a rocket named after the father of India’s space programme lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and reached orbit on its first attempt. Vikram-1, developed by the Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has resigned after just one year in the post. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the change on Sunday, triggering the resignation of the entire government and sparking fresh speculation about Kyiv’s direction amid the ongoing war…
Geopolitical shocks and systemic vulnerabilities are testing the world’s ability to withstand disruption In the summer of 2026, the Strait of Hormuz remains a barometer of global anxiety. Fresh exchanges between American and Iranian forces, following a shaky memorandum of…
In the grand tradition of Middle Eastern diplomacy, the memorandum of understanding signed with some fanfare at Versailles in mid-June was never likely to endure. Less than a month later, President Donald Trump has declared the ceasefire “over”, even as…
The rockets’ red glare lit up Washington on July 4th 2026 with unusual ambition. Organisers promised—and duly delivered—what they called the largest pyrotechnic display in history: some 850,000 shells bursting above the National Mall after a weather-delayed presidential speech. A…
In the sweltering heat of a Tehran summer, hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners gathered this week at the Grand Mosalla, beating their chests in rhythmic sorrow before a glass case holding the flag-draped coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The…
In the rubble of what was once a Caracas neighbourhood, a small hand waved weakly from a collapsed concrete slab. Rescue workers, their faces streaked with dust and exhaustion, paused only to listen for another faint cry. Days after twin…
Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016, the country finds itself marking the anniversary in characteristically turbulent fashion. Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister this week, after just two years in office, has…
The mid-June 2026 Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, combined with the renewed Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, represents a sophisticated de-escalation manoeuvre rather than the terminus of conflict in West Asia. This is no comprehensive…
The United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to bring an immediate end to their recent military conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the…
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America have jointly agreed in good faith on the following:
Early data from the investigation into Monday’s catastrophic loss of a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base suggests the aircraft plunged towards the desert floor at nearly a mile a minute after a sharp, low-altitude turn shortly after takeoff,…
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress has come down shortly after taking off from the vast desert runways of Edwards Air Force Base, triggering an urgent emergency response on Monday afternoon local time. The incident happened took place 11:20 a.m.…
