To the east, a long-simmering border dispute with Pakistan has boiled over into what Islamabad officially declared an “open ...

The relationship between military conflict and rising prices is complex. Wars can trigger inflation through supply disruptions and government spending. However, whether they actually do depends on ...

Is war good for the economy? The evidence points decisively toward the contrary. Military conflicts impose substantial costs through government debt accumulation, resource diversion from productive ...

A weekslong war between Pakistan and Afghanistan was paused on March 18, 2026, to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. But that does not mean the conflict is over. Neither side showed any ...

As war engulfs Iran, neighbouring states quietly prepare for a potential refugee exodus across already fragile borders.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict is turning into a regional destabiliser, threatening far-reaching consequences in the South Asian region with broader implications on security, ...

Iran inflicts ‘extensive’ damage on Qatar LNG facility, and Fed chief says oil crisis will worsen US inflation ...

Finland tops World Happiness Report 2026 for ninth year as Afghanistan stays last. India rises to 116th, behind Pakistan and ...

The US-Israel war against Iran has transformed into a conflict where geography, economic coercion, coalition legitimacy, and Gulf energy dynamics are the decisive factors, rather than solely kinetic s ...

The World Happiness Report 2026 was published on March 19. Discover the nations struggling the most with happiness.

The process that began with Pakistan's airstrikes against militant targets in eastern Afghanistan quickly escalated into mutual military operations and reached the level of conventional conflict, with ...

Afghanistan is still the world's least happy nation. With a score of 1.446, it is placed 147th out of 147 nations. People's ...