Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
Do you know Sri Lanka’s Northern Islands, which are not connected to the mainland by causeways and can only be reached by boat or ferry? They are Eluvaitivu, Analaitivu, Nainativu, and Delft
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A Nigerian Air Force strike intended to hit suspected jihadist fighters has killed more than 100 civilians after striking a crowded market in northeastern Nigeria, according to reports from Amnesty International and
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China has intensified its anti-corruption campaign by formally targeting intermediaries who facilitate bribery, as part of a broader effort to combat increasingly sophisticated and concealed forms of graft. In new judicial guidance
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The confession is raw, uncomfortable, and increasingly familiar across modern society: six to seven hours a day lost to a glowing screen, not through choice, but through compulsion. The voice behind this
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by Durga What unfolded in Parliament yesterday evening was not democracy in action but power laid bare—raw, unapologetic, and utterly indifferent to accountability. The crushing defeat of the no-confidence motion against Energy
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Since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, allegations of systematic land appropriation and demographic reshaping in the Northern and Eastern provinces have persisted, fueling long-standing grievances among Tamil communities.
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Every religion in the world, including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, has been advocating essentially the same theme, mentioning God as the creator and stating that the objective of every human in
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A growing global backlash is emerging against the beauty industry as concerns mount over the rise of “cosmeticorexia”, a phenomenon in which children and teenagers develop compulsive and age-inappropriate skincare routines. According
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From the raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at U.S. airports to the approval of the controversial Return Regulation in the European Union, the world is witnessing an ‘ICE-ization‘ of
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The Church of England has announced plans to apologise for its involvement in historical forced adoptions, a practice that affected roughly 185,000 children taken from their unmarried mothers between the end of
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A controversial case in Anuradhapura has drawn public attention after a temple incumbent accused of sexual harassment was released on bail by the Chief Magistrate. Siyapath Sasindu Wickramaratne ordered the suspect monk’s
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Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, operated a central European hub of his network in Paris, according to an investigation by Die Zeit. The German newspaper examined recently published
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What began in the 1960s as a cooperative medical initiative has evolved into a critical source of revenue for the Cuban government, according to a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human
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Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist, is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee in June to testify about his connections to the late financier and convicted
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Brazil has added Chinese automaker BYD to a government registry of employers accused of subjecting workers to conditions similar to modern slavery, following a 2024 labor scandal involving 163 Chinese workers. The
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