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European Union (EU) leaders cleared a multibillion euro funding for Ukraine, which was earlier blocked by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. The deal was reached at a special meeting of the …

European Union (EU) leaders will meet today to determine ways and means to secure a multibillion euro funding for Ukraine, which has been blocked by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. What …

A special court sentenced former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail. The verdict comes a week prior to the February 8 …

“It’s not very often that two leaders are successively guests of honour at each other’s national day. Also, this is the 6th time a French leader has come for India’s …

On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague is expected to deliver a provisional verdict on South Africa’s case filed earlier this month, that Israel stop what …

In July last year, the Center for Strategic & International Studies authored a study titled France and India: Two Nuances of ‘Strategic Autonomy’. The opening line of the study quoted …

For a nation that is at war with itself, Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s televised New Year address was irritatingly short, about five minutes. There was no mention that …

With less than a month to go before Indonesia’s presidential elections, defence minister Prabowo Subianto enjoys a massive 20% lead over his nearest rival, the only question is whether that …

“I don’t know if 2024 will be the last year of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.” That blunt prognosis by Russian academic Fyodor Lukyanov, research director of the Foundation for Development and …

There has been no let-up in subversive activities in the run-up to January 7, the day Bangladeshis will vote in the 12th general election. At least four people died after …

India is a factor in every election in Bangladesh because “geography and God have given this to us”. This does not necessarily result in “anti-Indianism”, rather India’s close ties to …

It’s election year worldwide in 2024. Sixty four countries and 4.2 billion people, roughly half the world’s population of over eight billion, are going to the polls. While all eyes …

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is likely to win a third term as voting began for presidential polls on Sunday. The polling is being held in the backdrop of Israel-Hamas war …

The Russian Federation Council unanimously agreed to officially designate March 17, 2024, as the date for next year’s presidential election at a plenary meeting on Thursday, Russian state-owned news agency …

Saudi Arabia has revised visa regulations and increased dedicated flights to India so that more Indians can perform “Umrah”, or the pilgrimage to Makkah done outside the month of Ramzan. …

As the Israeli offensive in Gaza entered into a more intense phase with the invasion of Khan Younis township, Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …

The sanctions imposed by the US and its European allies on Russia after the start of the military operation in Ukraine last February did not lead to the collapse of …

Henry A. Kissinger, the grandmaster of diplomacy, is dead at 100. Few diplomats have been both celebrated and reviled with such passion in history as Kissinger. He famously used every …

As efforts are being employed for extending truce in the Gaza war that has specifically been put in place for exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages, the future of …

West Bank – the original site of Israeli-Palestinian conflict – almost out of sight of news, yet it is simmering for more than six months and is at the heart …

A nationwide strike or hartal is underway in Bangladesh. The protest called by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party along with other parties, following the announcement of the general election schedule, has …