The greatest challenge facing Saudi Arabia in Yemen has never been purely military. It has always been political. Since Riyadh launched its intervention against the Houthi movement in 2015, the ...

When the US and Iran reached the brink of a wider war in 2026, it was Pakistan, not a major power, that kept the talks alive for more than 100 days. Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership ...

In the Chinese province of Xinjiang, the Uyghur ethnic minority faces mass detention and forced labor. The CCP has woven databases, cameras and detention centers together to create a massive network ...

Indonesia’s energy transition faces a financing bottleneck, with coal retirement stalled despite strong climate commitments. A small, concessional financing deal with the Japan Bank for International ...

Indonesia is often described as the world’s largest archipelagic state. With more than 17,000 islands and vast marine waters, the country lies at the center of global marine ecosystems and ...

A 40 billion Brazilian real hole, high-society parties in Sicily and a trail leading to the Supreme Court, together these things make up the anatomy of a banking scandal that reveals the dangerous ...

Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, causing a rise in fuel and fertilizer prices. In turn, these will cause shortages and prices of food to rise. Asian economies that rely on Gulf energy will ...

In the Andaman Sea, the Rohingya exodus and the “Shadow Fleet” converge in a “Ghost Protocol”. By deactivating AIS transponders, traffickers hide both humanitarian atrocities and the ship-to-ship (STS ...

China condemned the operation that started the Iran War but refrained from direct involvement, revealing limits in its strategic partnerships. The disruption of Iran’s oil exports to China highlights ...

History will record the early 21st century as the era of the “Great Betrayal.” We witness a profound moral collapse within Western academia, media and political movements — a collapse defined by a ...

In a world brimming with technological noise, it is artificial intelligence that stands out — not just as a powerful engine of innovation but also as one that quietly reconfigures the very ...

India’s Aadhaar digital identity program has had explosive growth over the past 15 years, growing from a single identity card to a system encompassing nearly everyone in the country. Still, as Aadhaar ...