How can we fix Britain’s asylum crisis? The i Paper experts’ verdict

The UK's asylum system is in disarray. Here's what the Labour Government can do The UK’s asylum system is in crisis. There are huge Home Office backlogs, accommodation is seriously overcrowded, and our increasingly polarised political debate has...

Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi

V.O.: Three, two, one... LINDSAY: The world has turned dangerous. Russia wages, war on Ukraine, talk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan grows. North Korea's nuclear arsenal continues to expand. Iran clings to its nuclear ambitions. At the same time,...

UPSC Key: Su-30MKI, Cyclone Montha, and Panda diplomacy

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national importance. Mains Examination: General Studies-II, III: Government policies and interventions, Security challenges and their management in border areas – linkages of organized crime with...

War On Drug-Terror: Trump’s Real Endgame In Venezuela Could Be Regime Change

President Donald Trump’s war on Venezuela narcoterrorism could serve as a path towards regime change, foreign policy analysts told the Daily Caller. The Trump administration is ramping up displays of power in the Caribbean, including by striking...

The rule of law is deteriorating all over the world. Hungary the last one in the EU —but Italy is not doing well either

Brussels – The State of Law does not fare well globally. The latest World Justice Project (WJP) report, published today (28 October), confirms the eighth consecutive year of decline worldwide, including in civilised Europe. From 2024 to 2025,...

Post-9/11 veterans' advocacy group launches drive to modernize VA care

(TNND) — Advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is launching a push to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs health care. IAVA, which serves more than 475,000 post-9/11 veterans, formally announced the initiative Thursday....

Commentary: Is the India-China detente real?

The present thaw between India and China is happening at a time of high tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on both countries. China sees the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports to the United States as an opportunity to...

Chris Ponnet, Catholic priest who served COVID patients and opposed the death penalty, dies

When news first trickled out that Chris Ponnet, the longtime pastor of the St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care in Lincoln Heights, had died, images and condolences popped up online. There was a photograph of him being arrested in 2011 at a...

WNY authors uncover secrets, solve mysteries and more

By Jeremy P. Morlock Inspiration can strike in the most unexpected of places. For bestselling author and Western New York native Susan Wiggs, it was during a visit home to her childhood church in 2021. Susan became fascinated with the influence of...

U.S. Switchblade Failed Miserably In Ukraine

Illustrative image. (Photo by Sgt. Gregory T. Summers, U.S. Army). AeroVironment Switchblade 300 loitering munitions supplied by the United States failed miserably in Ukraine, a report published by The Economist on October 23 revealed. The...

Decoding Erdoğan’s Gulf tour: New layer of regional responsibility

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest tour of Kuwait, Qatar and Oman came when the Middle East is again reshaped by war, diplomacy and shifting alliances. These visits were not just ceremonial trips. They reflected a deliberate effort by Ankara...

Kenya transitions to injectable polio vaccine

Dr Patrick Amoth, Director General (DG) of Health, speaking at The Star-APHRC Inaugural National Science Research Translation Congress held at the APHRC headquarters in Nairobi on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Photo/ APHRCKenya has announced a...

Working within a ‘Central Asia Quartet’ can strengthen US ties in the region. The foundations for it have already been laid.

In recent years, Central Asia has become increasingly important to a vast array of countries, which have been enticed by the region’s rapidly developing markets, proximity to China and Russia, vast energy and mineral resources, and growing role as...

Central Role of Military Power as the US Approach to the World

The description of this panel starts from the premise that military power has regained its function as one of the main instruments of global influence. But of course, for the United States, military power has always played a central role in the...

President Trump’s Push for Bagram Air Base: Strategic Miscalculation or Political Posturing?

A symbolic push for Bagram risks a regional escalation drawing in Russia, Iran, and China. Introduction An old dispute has been rekindled by President Donald Trump. He demanded that the United States retake Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase, formerly...

How modern military explosives actually work

Brian Castner is a former explosive ordnance disposal officer, or EOD officer, who served in the Air Force during the Iraq War. Castner deployed twice, in 2004 and 2006, as a commander of an EOD unit at the Balad and Kirkuk air bases,...

Don't make these time-change mistakes when planning travel

A few years ago, on a damp evening in late March in London, I learned the hard way that countries don’t all change their clocks for daylight saving time simultaneously. After ordering a glass of white wine at a cozy bar in Bermondsey, I mindlessly...

UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told

British military equipment has been found on battlefields in Sudan, used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group accused of genocide, according to documents seen by the UN security council. UK-manufactured small-arms target systems...

The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows

October 28, 2025 Ad Policy Firefighter with fire hose stand near burning market after Russian drone attack on October 22, 2025 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk eight times in a day, using drones. Attacks targeted a...

US–Pakistan Ties are Quietly Redrawing South Asian Geopolitics

The US–Pakistan relationship is thawing after years of mistrust. The two nations are rediscovering each other through energy, technology, and minerals, and appear to be building something that neither quite dared before: a partnership designed to...