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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicDutch government

Topic: Dutch government

Geert Wilders’ grip on Dutch far-Right loosens

Ingrid Coenradie’s JA21 emerges as a force to reckon with after Wednesday’s election.

Dutch police detain 50 pro-palestinian protestors who defied ban after Amsterdam soccer unrest

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital's Dam Square, chanting 'Free Palestine' and 'Amsterdam says no to genocide', in reference to the Gaza war.

Anti-Islam, far-Right populist, Nupur Sharma supporter—Geert Wilders leads Netherlands’ largest party

Wilders has called for the Netherlands' to exit EU, ban mosques & Quran. First elected in 1998, he has been a member of Dutch house of representatives since 2002. 

Dutch far-right’s Geert Wilders seeks coalition partners to form govt after massive election win

Vocally anti-Islam Wilders has vowed to halt all immigration, slash Dutch payments to the European Union and block the entrance of any new members, including Ukraine.

Dutch govt plans restricting semiconductor tech exports to China to protect national security

In a first, the Dutch joined US efforts to hobble China's chip-making industry and slow its military advances.

Pak minister criticises Dutch contest on Prophet, mum on blasphemy at home

Pakistan government can now track overseas Pakistani account and Sharif’s mother defends her son.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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.