Politics, Defense & More
20 September 2025
Politics
Kathmandu has fallen. Nepal is burning amid GenZ Protests and has got into its most serious political crisis of decades. The movement, which began in protest against the government’s ban on 26 social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, soon turned into a nationwide rebellion. Mainly under the leadership of GenZ, this protest
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President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Indian imports on August 1, 2025, and an additional 25% tariff on August 6, 2025, citing India’s continued purchase of Russian oil. This decision was announced amid ongoing Indo-U.S. trade talks, with a U.S. delegation expected to arrive in New Delhi in the coming weeks for trade
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India is mourning the tragic loss of 28 innocent lives to a heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Evidence unmistakably points to cross-border origins, with most perpetrators traced to Pakistan. It would be imprudent, criminal and untimely to assert that terrorism is faceless or stateless. For India, terrorism has a distinct identity and a clear
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On Thursday, Pakistan declared the termination of the 1972 Shimla Agreement, a crucial peace accord established between India and Pakistan following the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict. Earlier, India had kept IWT (Indus waters treaty) in abeyance in the aftermath of terror strike in Pahalgam, Kashmir. The Shimla Agreement, formalized on 2 July 1972, constituted a concord
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In a massive escalation of tensions with Pakistan after Pahalgam terror strike, India has announced the immediate suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives that included a Lieutenant from Indian Navy. The diplomatic strike back, made by the
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At least 24 people have lost their lives after gunmen opened fire on a group of domestic tourists in Kashmir, India. The incident occurred in Pahalgam, a scenic Himalayan town often referred to as the “Switzerland of India.” Omar Abdullah, the region’s chief minister, described the assault as “far more severe than any civilian-targeted attack
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Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, included a repetition of his vow to annex Greenland into the U.S., a proposal he first made in 2019. However, there is one major difference between the two events: in 2025, his intention appears firmer and less outlandish—and this time, he is
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The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has criticized protests against him and his recent decisions as evil. However, his decision to arrest opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been nominated as the presidential candidate by the opposition, has sparked a debate on democracy in Turkey. İmamoğlu, who defeated Erdoğan’s AKP candidate in the 2019
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Jessica D. Aber, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was found dead at her home on Saturday, authorities confirmed. The circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear as law enforcement officials continue their investigation.
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Europe without the U.S. is a necessary pain for Europe in the current geopolitical reality, and finally, Europe has come together to acknowledge it. When President Donald Trump recently excluded the European Union and Ukraine, the victim country itself, from the so-called peace talks in Riyadh, it was a watershed moment—a sharp wake-up call for
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