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Global Pulse: Pressure mounts on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani from all sides

President Ashraf Ghani's administration seems incapable of stopping terror attacks, which is only increasing criticism against his government.

Global Pulse: North Korea agrees to talks on dropping its nuclear weapons

North Korea has apparently agreed to enter into a dialogue with the United States about abandoning nuclear weapons.

Global Pulse: A new govt will take time, but the Italian election signals major consequences for Europe

Perhaps the only silver lining to this election was how badly the Italian strongman and corrupt politician Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia performed.

Global Pulse: Italy has voted, and exit polls indicate that there is no clear majority

According to exit polls, Italy might have the 31 year old Luigi Di Maio as PM, but the country would have to wait to find out what kind of govt it will get.

Global Pulse: Chinese investment in Pakistan might depend on the country’s security issues

Pakistan is clamping down on domestic terrorism, with civilian deaths from extremist attacks dropping from over 3,000 in 2013 to 540 last year.

Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.

Global Pulse: Xi Jinping is now allowed to be in power forever

The Chinese Communist Party has removed a limit on the number of presidential terms, essentially making Xi Jinping president for life.

Global Pulse: The Venezuelan exodus is now Latin America’s worst refugee crisis

The human outflow from Venezuela is now more than 1.1 million people — which makes it the largest displacement of people in Latin America.

Global Pulse: The investigations on Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu are heating up

Last week, the Israeli police recommended that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two corruption investigations.

Global Pulse: The UN has called for an end to “hell on Earth” in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called Ghouta a “hell on Earth.”

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Emergency procurement done, India & US working on co-manufacturing Javelin anti-tank missiles

The Government of India has requested to buy up to 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles too. Excalibur artillery munition was used in Op Sindoor against Pakistan.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.