Germany’s domestic intelligence agency designated the AfD, just topped a recent poll as the country’s most popular party, as “extremist” before withdrawing it pending litigation. This label would legitimize surveillance of them and can set the pretext for banning...
Trump announced that he’s “hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I”, adding that “We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of...
India carried out several surgical strikes against Pakistan on Wednesday morning as part of “Operation Sindoor”, which is its response to last month’s Pahalgam terrorist attack that saw the allegedly Pakistani-affiliated culprits slaughter over two dozen Hindu tourists, who...
The Houthis shocked Israel by penetrating several layers of air defense systems to successfully strike Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday morning. They then threatened to impose an air blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, while Israel promised...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow from 7-10 May is officially meant to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, with the highlight being his attendance at Friday’s parade on Red Square....
Polish Deputy Minister of Agriculture Michal Kolodziejczak unofficially proposed leasing land and ports from Ukraine in early April, which was analyzed here, with the conclusion being that Ukraine is more likely to agree to the maritime dimension of his...
So much is going on across the world nowadays that it’s difficult for folks to keep track of it all, and one such event that likely flew under most people’s radars was the first EU-Central Asia Summit in early...
Bangladeshi Major General (retired) A.L.M. Fazlur Rahman, who serves as chair of the National Independent Commission of Inquiry investigating the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles massacre, posted on Facebook that Bangladesh should occupy India’s Northeastern States if India goes to war...
Zelensky recently followed up his rejection of Putin’s Victory Day truce by warning that the foreign leaders who attend the parade on Red Square are putting themselves in danger. Although he claimed that this is supposedly because Russia might...
Indian Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish argued strongly in support of UNSC reform in mid-April. As he phrased it, “Reform is essential to make the UN fit for purpose, to enable it to respond meaningfully to the...
