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Why are Poland and Ukraine at odds about their history?Poland has expressed strong disapproval after Ukraine named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a group responsible f...
Who was ‘Hell Lady’ Kazuko Hosoki, the inspiration for Netflix’s ‘Straight to Hell’? The rise, fame, controversy and legacy explainedWho was ‘Hell Lady’ Kazuko Hosoki, the inspiration for Netflix’s ‘Straight to Hell’? This explainer follows the life of Kazuko Hosoki, from...
Israeli NGO files ICC suit against Spain PM over Iran exportsAn Israeli advocacy NGO said Tuesday that it had asked the International Criminal Court to consider legal action against Spanish Prime Mini...
Japan denies report that Trump told PM not to provoke China on TaiwanThe row between Asia's two biggest economies began after Takaichi suggested this month that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack ...
Trump advises Takaichi not to provoke China on Taiwan: ReportThe Chinese embassy in Japan again warned people to be careful, saying there had been a surge in crime and that Chinese citizens had report...
Ukraine peace plan darkens the mood across a war-torn nationSurvivors in Bucha, Ukraine, are deeply troubled by a proposed peace plan that includes amnesty for those who committed atrocities. The tow...
Trump to chair Gaza meeting in Washington, top US and Israeli diplomats to also meetU.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announced that President Trump will chair a White House meeting on Gaza, aiming to resolve the conflict by...
Israel arming local militias in Gaza to counter HamasIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed arming local militias in Gaza to weaken Hamas, a move criticized by opposition politici...
US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from GazaThe U.S. and Israel are engaging with Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland to potentially resettle Palestinians from Gaza under Trump's postwar p...
1945, the last year of World War II: Here's all that happened 80 years backSix years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes ...
Russia is storing up a crime wave when its war on Ukraine endsRussia war: Russia saw a drop in crime levels as men joined the war in Ukraine, but the return of these servicemen is now leading to a surg...
Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin to visit Beijing as China renews criticism of Western arms sales to UkraineMeanwhile, China's Deputy Permanent U.N. Representative Geng Shuang again criticised Western arms sales to Ukraine, saying it would only le...
I am the one to deliver Thatcherite reforms for UK: Rishi SunakRishi Sunak has invoked the legacy of one of the Conservative Party's successful leaders and British Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher, as...
75 years later, can Asia shake off shackles of the past even as it looks at the future?Even as Northeast Asia's tangle of interlinking economic and political webs grows denser by the day, the potential for an unraveling may lo...
Let's maintain roads first, renaming them can waitErasing the names that the British administrators gave to roads and localities and renaming them with those of Indians appears to give us a...
India to support Sri Lanka in UNIndia is likely to back Sri Lanka on the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution over alleged war crimes if it is put to vote in Gen...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon asks Sri Lanka to cooperate with war crimes probeThe promise of a probe by Rajapaksa is being seen as a response to similar pledges made by his main challenger Sirisena.
Sri Lanka think tank calls for a genuine truth seeking mechanismSri Lanka has come under increased scrutiny from international organisations for its rights accountability during last phase of the conflic...
- Rajapaksa wins historic election
Rajapaksa won re-election in an historic post-war vote.
- Joe Biden: A foreign policy veteran and friend of India
New US Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Biden is a longtime Senator and veteran foreign policy expert who is considered a close friend of India.