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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAlgerian War

Topic: Algerian War

Macron is paying the price for France’s bloody history in Africa

Africa is attracting interest from rising powers like China, Russia, the Gulf states & Turkey. That means the continent’s leaders are no longer as dependent on France as in the past.

Prince William confuses Japan with China, and Trump sees conspiracy in hurricane death toll

France acknowledges torture in Algerian war, and Aung San Suu Kyi defends crackdown on Reuters journalists 

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.