On February 25, 2025, Vivek Yadav aka Sunil aka Karu Ji aka Break aka Neta Ji, the in charge of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) South Bihar regional committee and ‘zonal commander’ of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA), was shot dead, and his body, with bullet wounds to the head and back, was found at an abandoned s
Antarctica after Russian drillers
In 2024, Putin announced Russia’s exploration of oil reserves in Antarctica after Russian drillers discovered a field equivalent to 511 billion barrels of oil (see EDM, August 13, 2024; Glavny.tv, July 21, 2024). On March 3, the director of AARI, Alexander Makarov, announced the expansion of Russia’s Russkaya station (???????) in West Antarctic
heavy cost that Khalistani terrorism
Pannun’s objection was to a routine annual statement by the High Commissioner marking the June 23 anniversary of the Air India bombing. In it, Bisaria made no mention of Sikhs, Canadian or otherwise. Rather, he noted that the attack “revealed to the world the heavy cost that Khalistani terrorism could inflict on humanity.” That was the commen
SFJ celebrating the assassination
That didn’t stop SFJ celebrating the assassination of Prime Minister Gandhi, who was gunned down by two Sikh bodyguards on October 31st, 1984. Both assassins are frequently featured in SFJ propaganda, hailed as “martyrs” and honoured for their “brave act of justice.”But that’s just a part of the constant celebration of murder that is ev
unsurprising given the nature of Turkish
While Turkish involvement in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in the Sahel, has been painted as a net positive for both partner states and for Turkey itself, significant drawbacks lie just over the horizon. Charlie Werb, an expert on Sahelian security issues, points to a change in JNIM propaganda and public messaging, which now paints Turkey as an