Sri Lankan rulers, whether indigenous or European, used soldiers from India in addition to local levies. This was due to a shortage of manpower in the island in comparison with India. Given its much bigger population, India had a vast reservoir of “military labour”. Indian military labourers were peasants who would volunteer to fight for others for the money that […]

From the Streets to the Ballot On October 29, 2025, Nepal’s Supreme Court Constitutional Bench declined to issue an interim order against the formation of the government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki and the dissolution of the House of Representatives, paving the way for elections scheduled on March 5, 2026. This followed the September 12, 2025, dissolution of Parliament […]

On November 6, 2025, Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to resume mediated peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, aimed at extending a recent ceasefire agreement between the two countries. Just weeks earlier, on October 9, Pakistani jets launched strikes on sites in Kabul, the heart of Afghanistan’s capital. These attacks targeted strongholds of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but Taliban denies the […]

Islamabad has yet to find a convincing answer to separatist militants. Militant attacks have become routine in Pakistan in recent years. Relentless campaigns by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in particular, have left the country’s security forces in a state of paralysis, unable to effectively respond to the deteriorating security situation. Tight censorship over the […]

Deadly clashes with the Afghan Taliban have put Islamabad in the spotlight, but internal unrest may present a greater risk. In recent weeks, deadly clashes between the Pakistani military and the Afghan Taliban have drawn international attention. Since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, relations have greatly deteriorated between Islamabad and Kabul, disrupting what had previously been a mutually […]

U Večićima kod Kotor-Varoši danas je održan centralni program obilježavanja zločina počinjenih nad Bošnjacima ovog kraja. Memorijalnim i vjerskim programom je odana počast nevinim žrtvama, a učesnici su podsjetili na važnost čuvanja sjećanja i prenošenja istine. Nakon dočeka učesnika Marša mira Karaula – Večići, glavni imam Medžlisa Islamske zajednice Kotor-Varoš Samir-ef. Delić je istakao da je današnji skup podsjetnik na […]

Bangladeshi Major General (retired) A.L.M. Fazlur Rahman, who serves as chair of the National Independent Commission of Inquiry investigating the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles massacre, posted on Facebook that Bangladesh should occupy India’s Northeastern States if India goes to war with Pakistan. He later explained that preparing for this scenario might deter India, which could in turn prevent Pakistan’s possible defeat, […]

At Semicon India 2025, the India Semiconductor Mission’s (ISM) annual flagship conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the first “made-in-India” chip, the Vikram 32 microprocessor. The chip was jointly developed by the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) at Mohali, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for use in the operation of space launch vehicles. Amid uncertainty about whether this […]

Réunis à l’occasion du sommet de l’APEC en Corée du Sud, les présidents chinois et sud-coréens se sont rencontrés pour la première fois. À cette occasion, ce dernier a sollicité l’appui de son voisin chinois pour renouer le dialogue avec la Corée du Nord. Le président chinois Xi Jinping a déclaré samedi que la Chine était prête à travailler avec […]

Pékin construit un système où les ressources sont gérées comme des armes – avec précision, délibérément, sans chichis. C’est le contrôle du mécanisme d’accès. Les terres rares passent du statut de marchandise à celui de monnaie de confiance. Le métal qui fait trembler la Silicon Valley La Chine contrôle plus de 80% de l’extraction et de la transformation mondiales des […]