Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
Moktar is 21, a university student from a modest Tunisian family, and one of thousands of young people who feel that France has closed the door on their future. He lives with
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“We have brought clay and made a figurine and are planning to stick uguressa thorns and other poisonous thorns into it… I will murmur a spell… We have prepared an offering to
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Former US president Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump’s administration of economic mismanagement, corruption and incompetence, comparing the lavish renovations of the White House under the Republican president to the excesses of
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The audience gathering at Berlin’s Haus des Rundfunks on a Friday evening looks rather different from the usual crowd at a classical concert. Many are young, and some arrive in elaborate costumes
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When an earthquake struck northern Venezuela on 24 June, several 12-storey apartment blocks in OPP Caribe, a state-backed housing settlement on the coast near La Guaira, swayed before collapsing into piles of
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Gardiner Harris, a former pharmaceutical industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, has accused Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of a pattern of misconduct spanning decades, arguing that
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Editorial When a society can no longer distinguish political dissent from supernatural intimidation, the problem extends far beyond religion. It signals a crisis of reason, historical consciousness and public responsibility. The recent
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by Our Special Correspondent in Jaffna An interim archaeological investigation at Chemmani in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna district has recovered 574 minimum-number-of-individuals human skeletons, documented 51 accumulations of disarticulated bones and registered
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Saudi Arabia has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on advanced military technology since the 1980s, seeking to protect the kingdom from threats at home and across the Middle East. Yet a
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The United States is expanding its direct military involvement in Latin America’s fight against drug cartels, with American special forces and counternarcotics officials participating in a major operation in Ecuador alongside local
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An exceptionally strong El Niño is expected to disrupt weather patterns across several continents, threatening food production, worsening hunger and exposing millions of vulnerable people to floods and droughts. Scientists anticipate that
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Children as young as 12 are becoming involved in attacks linked to online communities that glorify mass shootings, celebrate violence and exploit vulnerable young people, according to an assessment by The Soufan
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by Our Correspondent in Geneva Sri Lanka has told the United Nations that the investigation leading to the arrest of retired Major General Suresh Sallay, former chief of the State Intelligence Service,
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More than 25 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, women’s representation in multilateral peace operations remains uneven, with progress in some categories offset
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat alleges global forces are exploiting domestic unrest to destabilise India, warns against anti-government agitation and calls for national unity, while defending Hindutva as the foundation of India’s identity.
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