ARGUMENTS around nuclear deterrence can become quickly convoluted. But the basic premise, according to those who advocate it, is that we are safer with nuclear weapons than without them. The
Sri Lanka’s president Wickremesinghe has repeatedly held to the position that his priority is to revive the economy and not to hold elections. The government is aware that an avalanche
THIS March marked the 20th anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. The war left at least 800,000 to 1.1 million Iraqis dead, and certainly many more injured,
ACCORDING to Turkish and Syrian officials, more than 50,000 people lost their lives on February 6, most of them in Turkey. It was the largest natural disaster to hit the
OVER two million people hit the streets across France on March 28, denouncing the controversial pension reforms pushed by president Emmanuel Macron’s government. The reforms were forcibly passed in the
SOME wars acquire names that stick. The Lancaster and York clans fought the War of the Roses from 1455-1485 to claim the British throne. The Hundred Years’ War pitted England
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, leaders of the AUKUS, laid out a three-phase strategy that finally results in Canberra and
Below is the full text of the letter from US president Joe Biden to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the 53rd Independence Day of Bangladesh March 21, 2023
A YEAR after the protest movement took off into a mammoth public display of the popular desire for change, it appears to be no more. What appears on the streets
CHINESE president Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Russia upon the invitation of president Vladimir Putin has attracted much international attention. It was a political choice made by president Xi