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
When the gavel falls in silence, tyranny often wears the robes of justice. The Supreme Court, once the bulwark of constitutionalism, has in numerous post-colonial states become an unchallengeable citadel of finality—an
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Drug use disorders represent a pressing issue across the globe and have placed a particularly heavy burden on Sri Lanka’s public health and security systems, profoundly affecting its youth and broader communities.
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Australia is quietly undergoing one of the most significant strategic shifts in its modern economic history. Traditionally a champion of open markets and trade liberalization, the country
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The final hours of the Second World War remain a crucible of contested narratives, a tableau upon which Western supremacy meticulously inscribed its enduring mythos. As the Allies orchestrated the denouement of
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Editor’s Note:As the Israel-Iran conflict intensifies and Trump escalates pressure, Chinese strategist Chen Jing goes bold: If Iran pulls through, China and Russia could back it—just like they did with Vietnam. Iran
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In a detailed analysis published by The Times UK, the world has been offered a glimpse into the potential steps and consequences of a U.S. military strike on Iran — an operation
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Every morning, I open the newspapers (now on apps rather than print) and read about atrocities taking place across the world. There is an inflation of pain, from the genocide in Gaza
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Benjamin Netanyahu is not merely a flawed leader; he is a walking catastrophe cloaked in the guise of statesmanship. At a time when Israel and the wider
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In an age where moral consistency is drowned beneath waves of political self-interest, Ursula von der Leyen emerges not as a stateswoman but as an ignoble emblem
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An unnoticed undercurrent of the Israel-Iran war is that three Christian nations in Europe — UK, France and Germany — have joined the fray with alacrity on the side of Israel. Strange,
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In the hush of memory, when the world pauses to remember, may every father find peace in knowing: he was, and is, deeply loved. Father’s Day falls on 15th June each year. There are
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Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign
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The Crash 12 June 2025 will go down in the annals of aviation and travel as a sad day. Drawing on reports from the media, flight AI 171—a Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner carrying 242
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In the annals of jurisprudence, three rights have traditionally stood as the sacred cornerstones of any liberal democracy: the freedom of speech, the freedom of peaceful assembly, and the freedom to practice
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by Luxman Aravind History may one day record that while Western democracies stagnated in performative dysfunction, a once-impoverished civilisation, under the stewardship of Xi Jinping and the CPC, executed the most expansive
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