According to anthropologist Arkhipova, passivity in the face of a dictatorial regime is not linked to any particular ‘slavery genes’ but to a human mechanism of cognitive dissonance, which justifies ...

Xi welcomed by Trump; US announces two-month extension of trade truce; Pakistan: raids on ten targets linked to drone launches in Afghanistan; Protests in Delhi following a gang rape near a girls’ ...

With the Bothekoshi Valley impassable, the only open trade route with China now runs through the Korala Pass at an altitude of 4,650 metres. Beijing is pushing for major infrastructure projects there ...

The official celebration was held today with thousands of pilgrims from across Asia, on the liturgical feast day of the friar who bore the stigmata. Masses are celebrated at the church on the 23rd day ...

Leo XIV, speaking about Gaudium et Spes at his weekly general audience, warned that we risk losing the “transcendent value of ...

The resolution was adopted by an assembly of around a thousand elders in the Hisar district. Although it has no legal force, it threatens couples and their families with social ostracism. Legal ...

In 2026 – for the first time – the United States did not admit a single asylum seeker from countries at risk of persecution.

The government is removing the requirement that at least 30 per cent of the equity of companies operating private educational institutions be held by Bumiputera partners, specifically, ethnic Malay.

Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington begins; The Indonesian Parliament passes a law to resolve land disputes; In Sri Lanka, ...

Kul, it aims to attract massive investment to become a second economic hub outside Bishkek. The ambition is to create a centre with at least 500,000 inhabitants, doubling the population of an area ...

Asman: Construction begins on Kyrgyzstan’s new city Designed on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, it aims to attract massive investment to become a second economic hub outside Bishkek. The ambition is to ...

The verdict includes Islamist preacher Naufer Moulavi guilty, deemed the ideologue behind the group whose suicide attacks killed 279 people in three churches and three hotels. Nine other defendants ...