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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia,7 August, 2026. Photo: Reuters/File photo

The Mecca Pact: A new era of strategic defense without division

The Mecca Pact marks a shift toward regional self-reliance, bringing Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey closer on defence while reshaping the strategic balance across the Muslim world.

A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the US Treasury building in Washington. Photo: Reuters

US removes sanctions from three IRGC-linked entities, Treasury website shows

The political maps we overlay on the Teesta River’s body, photographed here in Sikkim, are fictions she can dissolve in an hour. Photo: Indrajit Das via Wikipedia

The river will outlive maps: Teesta’s journey through geopolitics, myth and memory

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

Illustration: TBS

Trump, the architect: How the US president is reshaping the world in his own image

Illustration: TBS

How US’ shifting geopolitical priorities will affect Bangladesh

Illustration: TBS

Beyond tariffs: The geopolitics of the US-Bangladesh trade negotiations

Representational image. Photo: Reuters

Conflict in Myanmar: All eyes on China

While the resistance started with Iran and Hezbollah, it has been rapidly evolving into something larger than its parts. Photo: Bloomberg

Axis of Resistance revived: A new turn in the US-Iran conflict, what's next?

A man looks at a television screen after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

From friend to foe: What caused the Iran-Pakistan conflict?

Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud speaks at a public lecture session of the three-day Annual BIDS Conference on Development (ABCD) at a hotel in the capital on Saturday, 9 December. Photo: Courtesy

Evolving global order brings risks, opportunities for Bangladesh: Prof Wahiduddin

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The Israel-Palestine divide stretches far beyond the Middle East

With the Washington Monument behind, the State Department flag flies over its grounds in Washington, US, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US, Bangladesh share vision to ensure free, open and connected Indo-Pacific: Department of State