No Females In Positions Of Power Jamaat-e-Islami has decided not to field any female candidates in the 2026 parliamentary election in Bangladesh, citing centuries-old theocratic orders and gender roles, claiming that women cannot assume leadership due to responsibilities related to childbearing and nurturing. Conflicting Remarks By Jamaat leaders Emir Shafiqur
What happened in Boorloo / Perth At Forrest Place in Perth’s CBD, an Invasion Day rally of more than 2,000 people was evacuated after a 31‑year‑old man allegedly threw an improvised explosive device into the crowd from an elevated walkway before fleeing. Police later described a glass
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Apple’s Tim Cook are now on record—internally, at least—saying that what ICE is doing in Minnesota has crossed a line, but they are speaking into a landscape where people have already been gassed, beaten, and killed for months. What Altman actually did
It began, as great reckonings often do, with a simple question. Czech dissident — and later president — Václav Havel asked in The Power of the Powerless: how does a system that no one truly believes in continue to hold itself together? The Soviet-communist world had built an empire around authoritarianism, It
What is happening in Makoko Makoko, a historic lagoon-side community of over 100,000 people, has faced a new wave of “urban renewal” demolitions since late December 2025. Amphibious excavators escorted by armed police have been dismantling wooden homes on stilts and along the waterfront, pushing families into boats, rubble,
Singapore is officially the world’s second‑richest country according to an article by VNExpress. But if you ride the morning MRT, race through a 43‑hour work week, and service a 25‑year mortgage on a 99‑year lease, that headline feels less like a compliment and more like
In recent months, Denmark has undertaken a series of major defence purchases aimed at strengthening its ability to protect national territory and contribute to NATO operations amid rising regional tensions. Central to these efforts is the acquisition of advanced missile systems from the United States, including AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, approved
The Dawn of Autonomous Warfare Modern battlefields look nothing like they did even a decade ago. Drones buzz overhead in conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East, operating with increasing independence. Military commanders now rely on artificial intelligence to process intelligence data at speeds human analysts simply can't
SINGAPORE — The gleaming glass displays at local bullion shops are looking a little sparser than usual this January. As silver prices continue their historic ascent, smashing through the US$80 per ounce milestone, a buying frenzy has gripped Singapore, leaving dealers struggling to keep physical stock on the shelves and
Nuuk, Greenland – In the opening weeks of 2026, the Arctic air has grown significantly more tense. What was once dismissed as a "monumental real estate" whim in 2019 has transformed into a formal pillar of the second Trump administration’s foreign policy. Emboldened by a recent military operation
From Chatbots to AI Orchestration By 2026, the global business landscape has moved decisively beyond digital transformation and into a new phase: AI orchestration. The early excitement around generative chatbots has faded, replaced by a more profound shift toward Agentic AI, autonomous systems embedded directly into organizational infrastructure. These systems
The Pursuit The high-seas saga of the oil tanker Marinera reached its breaking point on January 7, 2026, when U.S. Special Forces and the Coast Guard successfully boarded and seized the vessel in the North Atlantic. This dramatic operation, occurring in the frigid waters between Britain and Iceland, was
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