A series of attacks, attempted operations and counterterrorism raids across Iraq, Syria and Jordan has raised renewed concerns about the activities of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells, with security authorities confronting an increase in operations targeting military personnel, police officers, civilians and religious sites.
A personal reflection on Moon Over Wuyi, exploring how art transcends language
The Jammu massacre of 1947 remains one of the most painful and
Afghanistan’s Taliban government is gaining international legitimacy while militant threats associated with
The Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission published its seventh report on Czechia
Trinity College, Kandy, symbolizes the distinctive educational environment Sri Lanka experienced under British rule, as the institution embodied Victorian values and closely followed the English public school model. Established by Rev. Richard
Successive pre-Aragalaya governments appointed Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (PCoI) as well as various other committees for specific purposes to dissipate pressure from contentious issues. This despicable strategy was also used to divert public attention, suppress truth and delay the due
Sri Lanka faces a serious risk of losing the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions if the government proceeds with two proposed laws on preventing
A complaint has been lodged with Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, calling for a formal investigation into the allocation
Sudan’s electricity network is facing the threat of collapse following a series of drone attacks on critical power infrastructure since early October, with the destruction of substations and generating facilities disrupting essential services across the war-torn country. The attacks have left several towns without
The defeat of political movements rarely follows the decisive ending imagined in
The internet has fundamentally altered who can participate in democratic public discourse,
Algeria has deployed military personnel to Niger for the first time in
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has sought the presidency of Brazil eight times since 1989. He has won the presidency four times (2002, 2006, 2022, and 2026), most recently at the age of eighty. Throughout Lula’s political career – from his
United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning that the case reflects an escalating crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt.
Arab-Israeli politician Ahmad Tibi has offered the support of his United List
The absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexican
A massive leak of internal communications from Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD)
A series of attacks, attempted operations and counterterrorism raids across Iraq, Syria and Jordan has raised renewed concerns about the activities of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells, with security authorities confronting an
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United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has sought the presidency of Brazil eight times since 1989. He has won the presidency four times (2002, 2006, 2022, and 2026), most recently
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Trinity College, Kandy, symbolizes the distinctive educational environment Sri Lanka experienced under British rule, as the institution embodied Victorian values and closely followed the English public school model. Established by Rev. Richard
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External debt owed by low- and middle-income countries rose by 5.5 per cent in 2025 to a record $9.4 trillion, marking the sharpest annual increase since 2021, according to the World Bank’s
More Arab-Israeli politician Ahmad Tibi has offered the support of his United List to Israel’s Jewish opposition parties to help form a new government and remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, proposing
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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has resigned after parliament initiated impeachment proceedings against him over alleged irregularities linked to the collapse of Ueno Bank, a financial crisis that has triggered protests and left
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Sudan’s electricity network is facing the threat of collapse following a series of drone attacks on critical power infrastructure since early October, with the destruction of substations and generating facilities disrupting essential
More The Jammu massacre of 1947 remains one of the most painful and contested chapters in the history of the Partition of British India and the Kashmir conflict. Every year on 6 November,
More Afghanistan’s Taliban government is gaining international legitimacy while militant threats associated with its territory remain unresolved. Russia has formally recognised Kabul’s rulers, China is pursuing economic cooperation, and regional powers continue discussing
More The Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission published its seventh report on Czechia on 27 October. ECRI’s team had been in the country the previous November, and by the standards of such documents
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The Democrats may have taken control of the House and the Senate, they may have humiliated Donald Trump and the Republican Party, but the real fight is only beginning. It is not
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The Democratic Party has flipped the House and the Senate. While there are still votes left to be counted and races yet to be determined, the Democrats’ victory is unambiguously big –
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A teenager who told ChatGPT he wanted to shoot his classmates had mapped his school, identified vulnerable areas and drawn up a list of people he wanted to kill. His conversations were flagged by OpenAI’s automated monitoring systems, but when a human reviewer examined
Young graduates across Southeast Asia are facing growing difficulties entering the workforce
China’s technology stock rally has suffered a sharp reversal, with the mainland’s
The cancellation of a book launch in Madrid has exposed a growing
At least 107,356 species are involved in international wildlife trade, more than twice the number previously estimated, according to a study published in Science Advances. The research, which brings together records from
A protein associated with the formation and maintenance of long-term memories has been shown to reverse age-related memory decline in fruit flies, offering a new explanation for why the brain gradually loses its ability to retain information. The findings, from
Plastic waste has reached some of the planet’s most remote environments, from the frozen waters of Antarctica to tropical coastlines and densely populated communities
The release of You Can See Everything, a film documenting the final weeks before Elizabeth Holmes went to prison in 2023, has returned the
Money, technological success and the promise of personal freedom have failed to deliver happiness to the billionaire family at the centre of Philipp Oehmke’s new novel, Papenburg. In a review published by
Pooneryn Terror Attack offers a compelling account of a pivotal battle in Sri Lanka’s civil war, exposing both the LTTE’s strategic planning and the vulnerabilities of the defending forces. Yet its commemorative
D.L. Hughley’s memoir challenges the comforting idea that success liberates us from our beginnings. Through fractured family relationships, racial disadvantage, fame, infidelity and the demands of fatherhood, he confronts the unsettling possibility
Greg Steinmetz’s The President and the Oligarch revisits the struggle between Andrew Mellon and the political forces challenging his economic vision, revealing how the language of prosperity and fiscal responsibility can conceal
