On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put their names on a document that few people thought possible a year ago. Trump signed it at a dinner in the Palace of Versailles in France. Pezeshkian signed his copy in Tehran. The “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding,” brokered...
For centuries, nations fought to secure land. In the industrial age, they fought to secure oil. In the digital age, they fought to secure data. In the age of artificial intelligence, nations may soon find themselves fighting to secure something even more fundamental: Intelligence itself. Most people still view AI...
For months, the world watched one of the most dangerous confrontations in modern Middle Eastern history unfold. Many expected Iran to collapse. Others expected the United States and Israel to achieve a decisive victory. Neither happened. Now, as diplomats prepare to finalize a peace framework in Geneva, a surprising reality...
Dhurandhar and its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, have broken box office records. But the films do something risky. They mix real people, real deaths, and real political events with pure fiction. Most viewers walk out believing everything they saw. They should not. Here is the line between fact and fantasy....
A viral claim, a convicted rioter, and what it tells us about America’s culture war in 2025 A video is going viral across social media. In it, a man stands at a public podium in Texas and declares that Hindus and Muslims have come to America to eradicate Christianity. Many...
The American fortress in the Gulf For three decades, the United States built one of history’s most elaborate military basing networks across the six GCC states. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — the largest US airbase in the Middle East — houses 10,000 troops and nearly 100 aircraft. Bahrain...
There are days when history does not wait for you to catch up. Today is one of them. By 8:00 PM Eastern Time tonight (5:30 AM IST Wednesday), either Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz or the United States and Israel bomb its power plants, bridges, and energy infrastructure into...
From an immigrant’s grandson to the most disruptive president in American history — every chapter, every contradiction, every scandal, laid bare. Donald John Trump is the only man in American history who managed to go bankrupt six times, get impeached twice, get indicted on 91 criminal counts, lose an election,...
There are moments in geopolitics when neutrality is wisdom. And then there are moments when neutrality is nothing but a well-dressed lie. Pakistan today stands right at that uncomfortable intersection. The Illusion of Neutrality Let’s stop pretending. When missiles fly across regions, when Gulf security is shaken, and when alliances...
There was a time when Indian cinema held a mirror to society. Now? It’s starting to edit the reflection. And Durandar 1 and its freshly released sequel Durandar 2 are perfect case studies of this shift. The Ground Reality: What People Are Actually Saying Step into theatres—from Kochi to Kanpur,...
