Saudi Arabia is confronting a worsening security crisis after Houthi forces seized key positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and resumed missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure, while the network of
In a milestone for space exploration and off-world agriculture, researchers in Texas have successfully grown chickpeas in simulated lunar soil for the first time. Using soil mixtures containing up to 75 percent
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In the northern French migrant settlement known as the Jungle, a grim scene unfolds: tents sit behind a trench of black mud and plastic waste, forming a staging ground for newly arrived
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Ales Bialiatski, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and head of the Viasna human rights centre, has given a harrowing account of life under Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule. Speaking to Times UK from
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor “The war has expanded to the Indian Ocean, if not the Indo-Pacific. And the sinking of the Iranian warship, while within the boundaries of what is permissible
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor That was a high-stakes geopolitical gambit. More than 24 hours later, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressed the media, calling journalists to his office. His remarks, followed by
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Sri Lanka’s rapidly changing population structure requires a strengthened and more responsive health management system, according to Professor Manori Weeratunga, President of the Sri Lanka Society of Population Scientists. Professor Weeratunga made
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A retired Sri Lanka Air Force officer has filed a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court challenging the arrest and detention of former State Intelligence Service Chief, retired Major General Suresh
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Iran is a country that has endured suffering for decades, yet even those who thought they had seen it all say the current devastation is unlike anything before. The memory of the
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Finland plans to remove a long-standing legal ban on nuclear weapons on its territory, the government announced on Thursday, in a move that could allow the deployment of atomic arms on Finnish
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U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his call for Israel’s president to grant a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ongoing corruption charges, arguing that the Israeli leader should not be
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Airline shares moved in sharply different directions on Thursday as the aviation industry grappled with the fallout from escalating conflict in the Middle East, with Asian carriers showing signs of recovery while
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Financial data provider FactSet has attracted takeover interest from major private equity firms after a steep drop in its share price triggered by fears of artificial intelligence disrupting the information services industry.
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Germany is exploring a major expansion of liquefied natural gas imports from Canada as part of a broader strategy to reduce its heavy reliance on U.S. energy supplies, according to people familiar
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Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to southern Lebanon to confront Israeli forces, according to Lebanese sources familiar with the movement, marking a significant escalation as the Iran-backed group re-enters territory it had
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new-generation destroyer, overseen a strategic cruise missile launch from the vessel, and supervised a nationwide sniper competition, actions that signal an accelerating push
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