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Palau to now welcome Trump's deportees - for $7.5 million: All about the tiny 'Survivor' island

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- The tiny Pacific nation of Palau reportedly agreed to take up to 75 third-country deportees from the US who don't have a criminal record - in exchange for a $7.5 million grant to... Read More


Nigeria's Dissonance and Loss of Global Leverage

Nigeria, Dec. 27 -- Nigeria remains under the klieg lights. Regrettably, this is not for all-too-positive reasons. There is a clear correlation between her domestic policy and governance dissonance an... Read More


Best of the Week: What 2026 is gently telling us

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. The year always seems to slow dow... Read More


Band-It 2025 Regionals Ignite a Nationwide Celebration of Young Talent

Bangalore, Dec. 27 -- The regional rounds of Band-It 2025, India's largest inter-school performing arts competition, concluded with remarkable energy and overwhelming participation, reaffirming the ... Read More


When threats replace diplomacy: Pakistans self-made Taliban dilemma

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- Pakistans relationship with Afghanistan has deteriorated and sunk to its lowest point in years. It is marked by constant recriminations, recurrent border skirmishes and a growin... Read More


Lifting Caesar sanctions marks a strategic reset for Syrias recovery

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- The decision by the United States to lift the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria marks one of the most consequential shifts in international policy toward the country since the outbr... Read More


“Sharing Blood”: How the Ukraine war has cemented the Russia–North Korea alliance

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Uns New Year message to Russian President Vladimir Putin marked a striking moment in contemporary geopolitics. By declaring that ties between Pyongy... Read More


Deep-rooted conspiracy of giving Islam a bad name

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- There is an old rule in politics and an older one in propaganda: if you want to weaken an idea, dont argue against it—degrade it. Make it sound coarse. Make it look angry.... Read More


My favourite films of 2025

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 27 -- I know that for a lot of us, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our movie viewing habits forever, with many of us now preferring to watch movies from the comforts of our own ho... Read More


First North Korean nuclear-powered submarine ensures strategic deterrence

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- Few countries in the world have been subjected to ridicule as much as North Korea. The mainstream propaganda machine regularly presents it as a supposedly “backward societ... Read More