At least 280,000 people are missing in the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the list maintained by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The figure includes both Ukrainians
In 2014, the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched the Missing Migrants Project. The project, which ‘hosts the only open-access database of records of deaths during migration on the global
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by Nil In January 2026, the Bank for International Settlements published a dense but far-reaching study that cuts to the core of the modern international financial system. Titled Dollarisation waves: new evidence
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In the first fifteen days of 2026, Delhi recorded a statistic that has sent shockwaves through the capital and beyond: more than 500 women and girls went missing in just two weeks.
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The gap between Washington and Tehran has rarely looked wider. As U.S. and Iranian officials prepare for indirect talks in Istanbul under heavy regional mediation, both sides
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by Luxman Aravind Though Sri Lanka parades one of the highest literacy rates in South Asia and flaunts it as evidence of civilisational maturity within global development indices, the country has repeatedly
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Nearly a month after U.S. military forces intervened in Venezuela and removed Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores from power, the country’s political landscape continues to shift in ways that feel both dramatic
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Fraud is no longer a peripheral crime affecting a careless few. It is now the most prevalent offence in the UK, eclipsing burglary, violent crime and car theft combined, and costing victims
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A packed global election calendar in 2026 is emerging as a fresh source of volatility for financial markets already unsettled by abrupt shifts in US policy and rising geopolitical tension. From Japan
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As soon as the television cameras were ushered out of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the carefully choreographed spectacle of diplomacy gave way to something more personal. Sitting across
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Japan’s reliance on foreign labor reached a historic milestone in 2025, as the number of overseas workers climbed to a record 2.57 million, highlighting how deeply the world’s fourth-largest economy is being
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The idea that the COVID-19 pandemic merely hastened deaths that were already imminent has been deeply embedded in public debate since the crisis began. But a sweeping new analysis suggests that assumption
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On India’s 79th Independence Day, in August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted his speech to Viksit Bharat 2047 (Developed India 2047) and announced a National Manufacturing Mission. The mission, he said, must ‘reduce import
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Terrorist attacks, whether by individuals or groups, are usually followed by attempts to explain the rationale and causes behind them. The core reasons, however, lie not in surface-level factors but in the
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Eric Schmidt, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential figures of the past two decades, has issued a stark warning to Europe over its approach to artificial intelligence, arguing that the continent is
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has delivered a stark assessment of Europe’s security ambitions, warning that the European Union would be unable to defend itself without the United States even if member
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