The arrangements span Africa and Latin America and have already resulted in deportations to countries with which many migrants have no previous connection. Early agreements included flights to Costa Rica carrying migrants
For decades, the Ceylon Electricity Board stood as a central pillar of Sri Lanka’s public sector, powering homes, industries, and livelihoods. Today, it is gone—dissolved and replaced by four newly formed companies
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Sri Lankan law enforcement has carried out a significant operation targeting suspected cybercriminal activity, arresting 37 foreign nationals in a coordinated raid that highlights the country’s growing concerns over transnational digital crime.
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Fresh testimony from survivors of the Iranian naval frigate IRIS Dena has intensified international scrutiny over the March 4 attack that sank the vessel near Sri Lanka, with new accusations that delays
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Ai Weiwei has reignited the global debate on artistic freedom after criticising the decision-making practices of major international art institutions, including the Venice Biennale. Speaking during the inauguration of his retrospective Aftershock
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Adela Cortina, one of Spain’s most influential contemporary thinkers and a key voice in European ethics, has offered a stark yet measured diagnosis of the country’s evolution over the past 50 years.
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Europe is confronting a rapidly evolving security crisis as hybrid threats—ranging from proxy violence to cyberattacks—spread across the continent, exposing deep vulnerabilities in national defenses and social cohesion. A recent stabbing in
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Iraq is being pulled dangerously deeper into the widening conflict between the United States and Iran, a geopolitical struggle that is now reshaping the country’s political future, destabilizing its economy, and threatening
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According to reporting from the New York Times, the world’s leading central banks are confronting a widening economic crisis that has left policymakers in Tokyo, Washington, London, and Frankfurt reluctant to move
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In Tehran, the first thought that comes to Afra each morning is not about work or routine, but relief. Waking up under the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, in
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The United States’ war with Iran has entered a volatile and politically charged third month, with President Donald Trump facing growing domestic backlash, legal scrutiny, and diplomatic deadlock. On Friday, Trump dismissed
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The war involving the United States and Israel against Iran has triggered one of the most severe disruptions in global energy flows in recent decades, effectively paralyzing the Gulf region’s dominance in
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Researchers in the United States have created the first detailed map of smell receptors inside the nose. Published Tuesday in the journal Cell, the study marks a major step forward in olfaction
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US President Donald Trump sparked international concern after declaring that the United States could “take Cuba almost immediately” once the conflict with Iran is resolved. The remarks were delivered during a private
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The Dominican Republic has announced a $20 billion contribution to the United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF), which has begun deploying to Haiti in an effort to combat heavily armed criminal groups
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The US State Department has approved more than $8.6 billion in weapons sales to key Middle Eastern partners, signaling a significant expansion of military support as the conflict involving Iran continues to
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