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Proceedings at a recent dinner in Washington suggested that a forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog could be about more than putting an end to strained relations between the two erstwhile allies.

In a major development that indicates that rational forces are back at work, Pakistan has allowed the shipment of 50,000 tonnes of wheat from India to Afghanistan. Diplomatic sources revealed this in Islamabad on February 14 and hoped that the transportation of wheat to Afghanistan which is reeling under an acute food crisis would begin from next week.

“The biggest enemy is panic,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this weekend, adding that if US and British claims that Russia is about to invade his country are based on evidence, he would like to see it.

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area, in the last few weeks has witnessed a drastic increase in attacks against the Pakistani security forces, with Baloch rebels having caused heavy casualties to the state forces in different operations. Baloch insurgents are usually involved in scattered target killings, small ambush, and roadside bombings. Now we’re seeing inghimasi and skilled attacks on military camps in which rebel fighters are storming the security forces camps and inflicting heavy casualties.

BOSTON: 2022. This is a year which might signal the way American politics is going — towards the virtual dictatorship of a right wing cult leader, or a renewed liberal bourgeoisie democracy.

It is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning. Churchill's famous words express my own feelings about the latest psychotic Bitcoin cycle. This crypto-puppy was at an all time high of $68,990 last November but then plunged to $33,000 in its January lows.

If the diplomatic events of Monday showed us anything, they indicated with striking clarity that old assumptions about how European security is to be achieved will not, if they ever did, work and that NATO is incapable of bringing the people of Europe the peace they so desperately want and need.

There’s a harrowing Iranian drama called A Hero currently playing on Amazon, and it’s getting a lot of attention. It’s sure to be nominated for many awards, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, not just on its own merits but because the much-honoured writer-director Asghar Farhadi has already won that Oscar twice before, for A Separation (2011) and The Salesman (2016).

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out an expanded Israeli strategy to confront Iran that appears to move beyond a potential military strike against the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities.

A host of South Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, all India’s neighbours, are faced with sovereign debt crisis and growing internal disturbances. Nepal and Bangladesh are becoming increasingly dependant on bilateral loans and FDI flow from China which they may not be able to service and sustain in the long run. Sri Lanka is facing the most alarming level of external debt crisis and human trafficking. The situation in Afghanistan is equally disruptive.