The Skills Development Centre (SDC) in Doha launched its 23rd‑anniversary celebrations under the banner Spectrum‑2025 with a colourful opening ceremony that mixed classical Indian dance, music and martial arts and invited prominent members of Qatar’s Indian community to join the festivities...
What began as an opinion piece in a regional daily — a forceful claim that “the world has finally said: enough is enough” — has rapidly migrated from polemic into a set of verifiable developments across diplomacy, law, sport and technology. The Islamabad Post column by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal...
The swirling patterns and vibrant hues of batik, Indonesia's iconic textile art, served not just as fashion but as a powerful symbol of diplomacy during a recent convergence of global powerbrokers in Jakarta. As East Asia's most prominent security and political leaders gathered for the East Asia...
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The announcement that the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) will come into force from October 1 marks a transformative moment in India’s contemporary trade trajectory. After a protracted negotiation process spanning over fifteen years, the agreement between India and the...
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Few moments draw the spotlight onto Mexico’s political theater so unmistakably as a shift in presidency coinciding with international trade negotiations and populist gestures in the capital’s heart. Recently, President Claudia Sheinbaum’s leadership has come into vivid relief with public...
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Malaysian Transportation Minister Anthony Loke found himself the unlikely protagonist of an accidental comedy this past week—a diplomatic pantomime staged, of all places, in the labyrinthine gloom of an underground hotel parking lot. The scene: Minister Loke, bearing the earnest weight of...
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It wasn’t so long ago that the word “Taliban” in Russian news broadcasts was synonymous with terror, extremism, and dark mutterings about security threats spreading like mold toward the borders of the former Soviet Union. For over two decades, Moscow’s official line was as frozen as Siberian...
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Donald Trump’s recent comments on his 24-hour promise to end the Russian-Ukraine war have stirred up fresh debate about political rhetoric and credibility. Once heralded as an audacious campaign promise, Trump’s claim now comes with the admission that his statement was laced with sarcasm—a turn...