Author: Abdul Mannan

Twilight view of a large thermal power plant under storm clouds with a distant winter city glowing below — Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the target at the heart of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Geo-politics

The Ceasefire That Exists Only in a Post

October 14, 2026 10 min read

Trump announced a Russia–Ukraine "energy ceasefire" on social media — while missiles fell on Kyiv. A column on…

Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome at dusk, where Pope Leo XIV underwent successful surgery to remove part of his right lung after a lung cancer diagnosis.

Geo-politics

Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Successful Surgery to Remove Part of Right Lung

October 14, 2026 8 min read

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons at Rome's Gemelli hospital removed the lower…