In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
Criminal drug gangs have become a serious and growing threat to Europe’s internal security, exploiting a surge in South American cocaine, corrupting public officials, and deploying hired assassins as part of increasingly
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sweeping New Year address on December 31, 2025, signaling China’s determination to expand its global influence while reinforcing domestic stability and technological self-reliance. Speaking from the
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In the six weeks leading up to the October 10 ceasefire, Israel extensively deployed M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) packed with between one and three tons of explosives, according to a Reuters
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Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, took deliberate steps to reduce the visibility of fraudulent advertisements to regulators, internal documents reviewed by Reuters show. The effort, first observed in Japan last
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday released details of the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, a $12 billion aid package aimed at helping row crop farmers recover from losses caused by falling
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Thursday reaffirmed the island’s commitment to defending its sovereignty and strengthening its military capabilities in response to China’s increasing regional assertiveness. The remarks came shortly after Beijing
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India has introduced a new excise duty on cigarettes, ranging from 2,050 to 8,500 rupees ($22.8–$94.5) per thousand sticks depending on product length, the finance ministry announced late Wednesday. The levy, effective
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Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday, but both Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) are set to finish 2025 with steep annual losses, Reuters reports. Brent crude futures rose 11
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“Zootopia 2” has become Walt Disney Animation Studios’ highest-grossing film ever, surpassing 2019’s “Frozen 2,” the company announced Wednesday. The animated sequel has earned approximately $1.46 billion globally, marking it as the
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Elon Musk’s company Neuralink will begin “high-volume production” of its brain-computer interface (BCI) devices and transition to fully automated surgical implantation in 2026, Musk announced Wednesday on the social media platform X.
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Tehran witnessed a series of tense developments as Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence conducted a nighttime raid at the dormitory of Shahid Beheshti University, arresting several students suspected of collaborating with foreign agencies
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In the decades following World War II, US food aid programs were promoted as humanitarian lifelines for newly independent and crisis-stricken nations. But historical accounts and critics argue that these initiatives often
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Consumer technology is entering a new phase in which devices once used solely for entertainment are beginning to monitor the most intimate human signals: brain activity itself. A growing number of earbuds
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has issued a stark warning, claiming that intelligence gathered by his government indicates Somaliland has agreed to a set of far-reaching demands from Israel that could dramatically
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Israel has announced it will suspend the operations of more than two dozen humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting January 1, 2026, a move that will affect an estimated 25 to 38 groups,
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