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For all those who prefer order to chaos and method to madness, Donald Trump remains an unending enigma. His entire political career seems to thrive on a disruption strategy that is difficult to anticipate, yet somehow calculated in its unpredictability. In the economic arena, where conventional wisdom has long dictated stability and predictability as virtues, Trump’s penchant for upending global norms has left analysts baffled and many global leaders scrambling. Whether by design or accident, Trump’s actions have continually undermined the pillars of the global economic order, leaving chaos in his wake while promising Americans that this is, in fact, a new order designed to restore their power.

The winds of uncertainty are sweeping through Europe as the continent grapples with the stark reality of a diminished U.S. commitment to its security. The handling of the Ukraine crisis by the Trump administration has rightly sent shockwaves through European capitals, unearthing a reality that policymakers have long feared but often failed to address head-on: the United States, under its current leadership, is no longer a reliable guarantor of European stability. This development has prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to propose a comprehensive five-point strategy aimed at bolstering the continent's defence capabilities - a kind of first step towards strategic autonomy. Yet, beyond military considerations, the fundamental challenge before Europe is how to redefine its role in an increasingly transactional world order.

NEW YORK: The fascist danger continues to escalate with Trump’s seeming defiance of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s order to delay the deportation of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members.

LONDON: The European Union fears another WAR and has asked its citizens to stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis. The EU Commission has said this in new guidance released Wednesday. The commission stressed the need for Europe to shift its mindset, to foster a culture of “preparedness” and “resilience.”

NEW YORK: One of the most prominent figures in the early days of 20th century imperialism was U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Under his rule, the United States subjugated the Panama Canal Zone, occupied Cuba, invaded the Dominican Republic, and pursued an almost endless list of other acts of intimidation.

Europe, which has always been vocal about its past history and civilization as well its contribution to the making of the modern world, has never faced such humiliation in the hands of its transatlantic ally the USA in the last eighty years since the end of the Second World War in 1945.The media leak on Tuesday of the confidential conversations between the high officials including the vice-president J D Vance revealed the extent of contempt the Trump 2.0 administration has for its NATO allies in Europe.

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, Better known as the OECD, has produced its global debt survey for 2025, which paints a rather grim picture of overall indebtedness of countries across the development and income spectrum.

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province in terms of area has been rocked by multiple massive attacks recently. These attacks by Baloch insurgents, especially the attack on the Jaffar Express by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) have raised a very valid question: Is the Pakistani Army really in control of Balochistan?

KOLKATA: With international assistance to Bangladesh on account of its feeding and sheltering a million Rohingyas to be sharply reduced from next month (April), Bangladeshi interim caretaker regime is lobbying hard to secure more help from abroad.

NEW YORK: In a big win for senior citizens, federal workers, and anyone else Social Security covers or who pays payroll taxes, a federal judge in Greenbelt, Md., tossed Elon Musk—Donald Trump’s puppeteer—and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency out of Social Security’s offices and its files. Thousands also marched in 150 cities across the country yesterday demanding an end to Trump efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service.