Khattar Singh opens by asking why the United States is deporting illegal migrants who are not from Eswatini to this tiny nation of 1.2 million people. Dlamini says a secret agreement allowed the US to ...

When Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, it caused over $110 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest storms in US history. In its wake, homeowners saw their insurance premiums soar, while ...

The war in Sudan, which pits the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abel Fattah al-Burhan, against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo — best known as ...

Trust has long underpinned financial systems, from gold-backed currencies to banks and modern digital payments. In recent years, however, it has been repeatedly undermined. High-profile breaches, ...

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Whether we are talking about the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the Al-Tanf base in Syria or the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, they all share one undeniable quality: immense strategic ...

Maps are more than just lines and borders; they’re political. Eurocentric world maps distort size and perspective, and new projections, such as the Equal Earth map, seek to present continents like ...

Indonesia’s archipelagic geography and cultural-economic diversity offer both protection and resilience in the face of global instability. However, in today’s fast-evolving world, Indonesia occupies ...

When coal executives in Jakarta claim that renewable energy is killing their business, they are highlighting only part of the issue. The collapse in global coal prices — combined with shrinking demand ...

China has long aimed to be the top dog in Asia. Historically, the Chinese have called their state Zhōngguó, which literally means the Middle Kingdom. For centuries, China was the dominant global ...

At the time of the UN’s founding, the post-World War II world order was dominated by a handful of victorious, allied nations that affirmed their status by fashioning a world order with themselves at ...

Decades ago, Pakistan made the argument that Afghan soil was misused as a terrorism hub. Such warnings were often dismissed as political propaganda or efforts to cover up domestic follies. However, ...