4 Elections That Will Pose A Test To Democracy In ’26
Amid increasing polarisation, disinformation and economic anxieties, the health of representative democracies will be tested in elections across all continents...
World View
Today Venezuela, Tomorrow Iran: Can The Latter Survive A Second Trump Presidency?
Perhaps no one outside of Venezuela or Cuba should care more about the U.S. capture of nominal President Nicolás Maduro...
Venezuela Down, Is Greenland Next? US Imprudence Rears Its Head Again
When news came in on January 3, 2026 that the US has launched Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan President...
Cong Slams Modi Govt Over Trump’s Tariff Remarks, Invokes Indira’s 1971 Defiance
Against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's comments on his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tariffs on...
US Raid On Venezuela Signals A New ‘Great Power’ Carve-Up Of The World
Donald Trump and his senior officials have hailed Operation Absolute Resolve, the raid on Caracas and the capture and abduction...
Can The US ‘Run’ Venezuela? Why Military Force Can Topple A Dictator, But…
An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás...
U.S. Targets Hit: Iran May Have Deliberately Avoided Casualties
Iran is believed to have deliberately avoided US military casualties during retaliatory missile strikes on bases housing American troops in...
U.S., Iran Both Signal To Avoid Further Conflict
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was “standing down” after it fired missiles...
Avenging Gen’s Killing, Iran Strikes At U.S. Troops In Iraq
Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. killing...
Khamenei Says Missile Strike A “Slap On The Face” For U.S.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran’s missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq were “a...
Ukrainian Plane Crashes In Iran, All 180 On Board Killed
A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 180 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from...
Iran Fires Missiles At 2 Bases In Iraq Used By U.S. Forces
Iran fired missiles on Wednesday at Iraqi bases housing the US military, officials in Washington and Tehran said, in the...
Inside The Plot By Soleimani To Attack U.S. Forces
In mid-October, Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shi’ite militia allies at a villa on the banks of...
U.S. Air Strike: Thousands Gather To Mourn Soleimani, Others
Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran’s slain military commander Qasem Soleimani,...
Iran Vows Revenge After U.S. Kills Top Iranian Commander Soleimani
Iran vowed harsh revenge after the United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and...
Anti-U.S. Resistance To Grow After Soleimani Death: Khamenei
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the...
U.S. Air Strike Kills Iraq’s Muhandis, Iran’s Soleimani
The United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Iran’s spreading military...
Impeachment: Why Trump Is Unlikely To Be Removed
The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office,...
Australian Wildfires: Authorities Steer Mass Evacuation
Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Thursday ahead of advancing bushfires, as...
Hundreds Arrested In Hong Kong In New Year’s Day Protests
About 400 people were arrested in New Year’s Day protests in Hong Kong after what started as a peaceful pro-democracy...
Iran Denies Role In U.S. Embassy Violence
Iran denied it was behind violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and warned against any retaliation,...
World Welcomes 2020, But Revelry Marred By Wildfires, Protests
The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by...
Hong Kong Gears Up For New Year Countdown Unrest
Hong Kong police will deploy more than 6,000 officers on New Year’s Eve, local media reported on Tuesday, as protesters...
Muslim Women Spread (Orthodox) Christmas Cheer In Gaza
Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a...
Atleast 90 Dead In Mogadishu Checkpoint Blast
At least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in...
