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NEW YORK: Trump labelled President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” and called him out for not holding elections earlier this week. He said the Ukrainian leader only wants to “keep the gravy train” of U.S. money rolling in, and blamed him for starting the war with Russia.

In Bangladesh, more than six months after taking over as Chief Adviser to the interim Government, Dr Mohammad Yunus still struggles hard to prove his credentials as an effective leader. Back home from after meeting top US leaders and officials at Dubai, he firmly asserted that the country had entered into a new era of hope, as the first phase of his 'assignment' ended successfully.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: February 21 will go down in the annals of Kerala’s history as a Red Letter Day. That is for sure. The day saw God’s Own Country riding the development roller-coaster at the Invest Kerala Global Summit, which got off to a rollicking start.

Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defence, left European defence ministers in shock during a meeting in Brussels on February 12, 2025, as he unequivocally stated that European security is no longer a primary focus of the United States. Hegseth’s blunt remarks reinforced what had already been evident for years—Washington’s strategic priorities were shifting, and Europe could no longer rely on the U.S. to guarantee its security as it had during the Cold War and its aftermath. This shift, however, is not an abrupt departure but rather the culmination of a long-term recalibration of U.S. foreign policy that has been years in the making.

LONDON: Confusion is the order of the day among Europe’s core capitalist powers. We should not let it run rampant in the working-class movement. It has been an epoch-shifting fortnight, with the US blindsiding the rest of NATO with an about-turn on Ukraine.

NEW YORK: Two years and ten days after a mob of his partisans invaded and trashed Brazil’s houses of government, the law has come for Jair Messias Bolsonaro. The former far-right president of Brazil stands accused, in concert with thirty-three of his closest allies, of leading a criminal conspiracy to carry out the “violent abolition” of Brazil’s democratic order, as well as planning the assassination of President LuizInácio Lula da Silva and Justice Alexandre de Moraes. If convicted, the sixty-nine-year-old could face more than forty years in jail.

BJP led government is now in power in the National Capital Territory Delhi, that has come with too many poll-promises to keep, and a very alert and strong opposition to challenge. It was obvious in the very first cabinet decision of the government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, that officially took charge on February 20, and the reaction of the opposition AAP leader and former chief minister Atishi.

With just two days left for the national elections in Germany scheduled for next Sunday, February 23, all opinion polls suggest a near ten point lead by the conservative CDU/CSU combo as against the far right AFD which is threatening to take over power in European Union’s richest economy with the open backing of the U.S. President Donald Trump and his accomplice Elon Musk.

Over the past decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshaped the country's foreign policy by moving away from the traditional concept of nonalignment, which kept India from taking clear sides in global affairs. Instead, he has adopted a more flexible approach called "multi-alignment", where India engages with multiple countries based on its own interests rather than following a fixed ideology. This strategy allows India to maintain strong ties with different global powers, cooperate on various issues like trade, security, and technology, and make independent decisions that benefit the nation. By doing so, India has positioned itself as a key player on the world stage while safeguarding its own strategic and economic priorities.

Saffron ecosystem, especially the BJP leadership always strives to turn a Hindu festival into a political controversy. Every dispute adds to its membership and helps widen its support base. This time too they have succeeded in their move to politicize Maha Kumbh Mela. Notwithstanding stampede and death of large number of pilgrims in this year’s Kumbh Mela, which sullied image of the BJP government of UP and even slayed its political and administrative credibility, the saffron ecosystem has vivified its religious face.