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Colombia's new president has made restoring state authority in the country's conflict-affected territories a central priority as armed groups compete to control communities and economies. In the wake of the August 10 earthquake, the US-Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition outlines how Colombia, wi

Beijing’s growing soft power Is mostly an illusion.

Historic England says construction of office space in the capital risks damaging medieval prison’s Unesco status

Resumption of US-Iran hostilities raises fears of return to full-blown conflict

BlackRock Investment Institute’s Ben Powell says the Middle East conflict is likely to accelerate the GCC’s push toward economic resilience, diversification and greater self-reliance. He told Horizons Middle East and Africa he expects more regional capital to be deployed domestically, with investmen

As the war in Ukraine progressed, Russian strikes increasingly degraded Ukraine’s terrestrial communications infrastructure, steadily deepening Kyiv’s dependence on SpaceX’s Starlink. The satellite constellation became indispensable for crucial military functions, including command and control, dron

The conflict between the US and Iran escalated sharply, with American forces carrying out a fresh wave of strikes and Iran saying it had retaliated. (Source: Bloomberg)

India’s rich are just as furious as its working class, but their anger flows in opposite directions. While the “cockroach” movement grew from college students demanding fair exams to schoolchildren protesting broken roads — all training their ire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government — the co

The CIA director’s recent unannounced visit to Moscow has raised speculation about Russian plans to escalate attacks. The post Where and how Putin could expand his war in Europe beyond Ukraine appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Moscow claims to be ready for peace once the "root causes" of the Russia-Ukraine War are addressed, but Putin's demands confirm that he believes the "root cause" of the war is the existence of an independent Ukraine, writes Kateryna Odarchenko. The post For Putin, the ‘root cause’ of the war is the