BLOOD MINERALS AND RESOURCE CURSE: THE CASE OF SUDAN AND THE DRC

Sun 28 September 2025: Minerals fuel modern civilization, ensuring comfort and amenities. From electronic devices to machines of all types, various minerals are required to operate them. Should we call the civil wars in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a manifestation of the resource curse? A closer look at the political scenario […]

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PROFIT AND COMPLICITY: HOW INDIAN INVESTMENTS SUSTAIN ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION

Sun 28 September 2025: In Gaza, the toll of occupation is brutally visible: families live amid ruins, hospitals strain under bombardment, and children grow up amid the echoes of conflict. Behind this visible devastation, there is a less visible but equally consequential story—one that links Indian corporations and capital to Israel’s machinery of occupation and […]

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EU TO DEVELOP ‘DRONE WALL’ AMID REGIONAL AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS

Sun 28 September 2025: Announcement comes after European bloc blamed Russia for violating Polish airspace in drone incursion earlier this month. European Union defence ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to detect, track and intercept violations of their airspace, according to the bloc’s defence chief. Friday’s […]

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UN SAYS WOMEN IN GAZA FORCED TO GIVE BIRTH ON STREETS AMID WORSENING ISRAELI ATTACKS

Sun 28 September 2025: The UN on Wednesday (September 17, 2025 ) said women in the Gaza Strip are being forced to give birth on the streets as thousands are displaced amid Israeli military operations that have continued since October 2023, Anadolu reports. “Israel’s offensive in Gaza is forcing women to give birth in the […]

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MOLDOVANS HEAD TO POLLS AS EU BID HANGS IN THE BALANCE AMID MOSCOW MEDDLING

Sun 28 September 2025: Moldovans began heading to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election, which is expected to not only decide the balance of power in parliament but also shape Chisinau’s bid for EU membership. Voting began at 2,274 polling stations, of which 1,973 are in Moldova itself, at 7 am local time (0400GMT) […]

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IS TRUMP TOO OLD? NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS SAY YES IN LATEST POLL

Sun 28 September 2025: Nearly half of Americans believe that President Donald Trump is too old to be president. According to new polling by YouGov, 49 percent of people think that the president is of too advanced an age to serve in office, a 15-percentage point increase from February 2025, according to Newsweek. Newsweek contacted […]

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NEW POLL SHOWS GLOBAL COOPERATION WINS HEARTS, BUT WHY DOES THE UN FALL SHORT?

Sun 28 September 2025: A new survey of over 36,300 people worldwide found huge support for more international cooperation on issues including trade, global health, climate and poverty, but gave largely failing grades to institutions like the United Nations, IMF and others. The survey, commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted in 34 countries from […]

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INDIAN POLICE ARREST LADAKH ACTIVIST AFTER DEADLY PROTESTS

Sat 27 September 2025: Prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk detained as unrest over autonomy leaves four dead and dozens injured. Indian police have arrested prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, days after authorities accused him of fuelling violent demonstrations that left four people dead and dozens injured. Officials confirmed that Wangchuk was detained on Friday before […]

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ELON MUSK, STEVE BANNON, PETER THIEL NAMED IN NEW HIGH-SOCIETY SEX OFFENDER EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS

 Ghislaine Maxwell and Elon Musk attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. Sat 27 September 2025: A new trove of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released Friday, mentions several high-profile Americans, including tech billionaires and advisors to President Donald Trump. […]

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MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT SACKS ENERGY MINISTER AFTER PROTESTS OVER POWER CUTS

Sat 27 September 2025: Madagascar’s president on Friday sacked his energy minister in a bid to calm protests over power cuts and water shortages, which had left wreckage strewn across the capital a day earlier. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of mostly young people in Antananarivo on Thursday, in protests President Andry […]

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