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The curious case of Bangladesh’s terrorism denial

The explosion that tore through the Ummul Qura International Madrasa in Keraniganj on December 26 last year followed a very familiar trajectory. What initially appeared to be a possible accident — perhaps a gas leak — quickly shifted as investigators recovered improvised

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Rare spring snowstorm hits Moscow

A rare spring snowfall blankets Moscow, forcing flight cancellations and toppling trees. The Russian Meteorological Center has declared an orange alert level for the capital, in effect until Tuesday morning.

Europe cannot afford to lose the Sahel

The European Commission is expected to unveil a new Security Strategy this summer. While the threat from Russia is felt and the situation in the Middle East raises concerns, Europe cannot afford to ignore the Sahel. Since French troops withdrew from the Sahel in 2022, Europe

Thailand’s forever war greets Anutin with a vengeance

BANGKOK – As the United States struggles to find an early exit from the prospect of yet another forever war in the Middle East, recent weeks have seen its treaty ally, Thailand, again wrestling with its own forever war, an apparently intractable conflict along its southern

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Legal questions US lawyers can’t answer about the Iran war

There is a recurring temptation in American foreign policy to treat legal argument as a substitute for strategic thought. The controversy over Operation Epic Fury has yielded a remarkable specimen of this tendency. That the United States acted outside the bounds of

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