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Constant Change: General Graf Helmuth von Moltke the Elder famously said, “No (military) plan survives first contact with the enemy," and had gone to elaborate that while strategic planning is important, it requires extreme flexibility since plans will need to be changed as the war progresses in response to ...

As Pakistan reels under an unprecedented flood crisis, Shehbaz Sharif appeals for debt relief and urges more help from the global community.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says “all hell will break loose” if his flood-ravaged country is not provided with debt relief by rich nations. In ...

Tokyo, Japan – When the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) launched in 2005 promising to promote the use of traceable, sustainable cotton in global supply chains, the non-profit organisation (NGO) honed in on cotton-growing regions with a documented history of human rights abuses. BCI’s mission took it to Xinjiang, China, ...

We cannot summon words strong enough to condemn the horrendous beheading of Kanhaiya Lal Teli by two barbarians, Mohammad Riyaz and Ghouse Mohammad, in Udaipur on Tuesday. Certain that they were defending Islam by beheading the poor tailor, the self-styled 21st-century warriors of Islam filmed the gruesome act and ...

A wild brown bear on the loose all night in a city in northern Japan wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at an airport Friday before being shot and killed by authorities.The bear was seen wandering through the streets of Sapporo in the early hours ...

The video is stark. Two menacing men stand next to a white van in a field, holding remote controls. They open the van’s back doors, and the whining sound of quadcopter drones crescendos. They flip a switch, and the drones swarm out like bats from a cave. In a ...