Ladakh’s geography makes it crucially important to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To put it directly under his government’s control, Modi took away its statehood rights. Ladakhis are now fighting to get them back, reports Betwa Sharma.
With the Trump 2.0 sanctions, the U.S. has left India facing the difficult task of protecting its financial stake while managing relationships with Washington, Tehran, and other regional partners.
While Modi has deepened ties with the U.S., he’s been careful to preserve India’s strategic autonomy, stopping short of aligning too closely with Washington, writes Betwa Sharma.
Last week at the U.N. General Assembly, before Israel attacked Iran, the U.K. ambassador’s written explanation of her vote on a Gaza ceasefire suggested Starmer and Lammy are terrified.
We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation.
“Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy” — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates.
Those who exposed illegalities — including Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, John Kiriakou & David McBride — were almost always the only ones punished for the crimes they exposed.
In the latest tensions between India and Pakistan the reverberations of the British Empire can be seen extending their evil over generations.
U.N. chief António Guterres called on the countries to resolve matters peacefully after the nuclear-armed neighbors began reacting to the attack in a popular tourism area.
Jeffrey D. Sachs says the U.N. should investigate the charges that Imran Khan and Sheik Hasina have leveled against Washington.