Diplomacy & Crisis News

For better and worse, 2025 was a historical year.

The draft defense budget sets a new spending record for the 12th straight year amid mounting regional threats and U.S. alliance pressure.

The world views of China and the U.S. have come into closer alignment in our current era. They go about the enactment of their policies in significantly different ways.

The globally acclaimed MGNREGA, enacted when the Congress party was in power, has been replaced by a law that puts in place a discretionary scheme.

The return of the BNP’s acting chairperson is expected to give the party a boost in the upcoming general elections.

America needs a defense against drones.

Beijing’s strategy to create stability through dependence.

Appreciation or criticism of a movie is no longer interpreted primarily as an aesthetic or ethical judgment. It has become a marker of allegiance or opposition to the state.

More than four years ago, the military ousted Myanmar's freely elected government at gunpoint. The upcoming polls will be a total sham.

The new U.S.-Malaysia trade agreement’s forced labor import ban requirement may pose new risks for Taiwanese electronics firms. But it’s also an opportunity to make progress.

La Bourse de New York a terminé mercredi sur de nouveaux sommets, lors d’une séance écourtée avant les fêtes. Les investisseurs parient déjà sur une poursuite de la croissance des bénéfices des entreprises américaines en 2026, malgré des anticipations de baisse de taux plus limitées.

EU lawmakers are eyeing controls on 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games, via the upcoming Digital Fairness Act, to protect kids

Turkish power does not match the president’s ambitions.

How the region responded to Trump—and more—in 2025.

The stories that shaped the region in 2025, from India-Pakistan conflict to a deepening Afghan refugee crisis.

The division of Korea will not last forever. The more North Koreans who know the truth about the Hungnam evacuation, the better. 

A new U.S.-led alliance to secure semiconductor manufacturing highlights a deeper shift in global techno-geopolitics -- and the scale of India’s dependence on foreign technology across chips, energy and advanced research.

La Poste subit depuis trois jours une cyberattaque d’une ampleur inhabituelle qui perturbe ses services en ligne. Un groupe de hackeurs pro-russes revendique l’opération, mais plusieurs éléments techniques contredisent leur version des faits.

Deux fabricants historiques de charentaises font le même pari : ouvrir des boutiques de proximité pour tester les collections avant d'investir de nouveaux marchés à l'export. Désormais plus haut de gamme que populaire, le chausson français se bat pour perdurer.

By electing the highly unpopular and recently ousted PM Oli as party chief, the CPN-UML has thumbed its nose at the Gen Z demand for fresh and young leaders.