Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, 44, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after documenting protests and civilian suffering in Iran, a punishment she says was imposed because she continued to work
At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,
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On 20 August, during the 23rd edition of the Council of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Javier Milei concluded his speech to the business elite by blaming the ‘little green scarves’ and
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Meta, the digital company behind Facebook and Instagram, has reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with numerous US states over allegations concerning the dangers its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers. Under
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Five-year-old Hind Rajab Hamada was killed in Gaza on 29 January 2024 after her family fled attacks by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip. Her uncle, his wife, their four
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The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around the world move toward restrictions, India is faced
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The third phase of excavation at the alleged Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna concluded last Wednesday, 19, with another set of human remains located and ten sets fully exhumed. The discoveries
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The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in February of this year. For six months, US missiles and bombs have fallen upon civilian and military targets inside
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake chaired a meeting recently for a discussion on strengthening preparedness and response to El Nino conditions. Many relevant government ministers and government officials participated in this discussion. This
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The Taliban returned to power nearly five years ago with grand promises of stability, but their ruling apparatus has instead pushed Afghanistan into a cycle of self-inflicted economic ruin and social regression.
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by Luxman Aravind Sri Lanka’s latest controversy over Chabad Houses has become something far more revealing than a dispute over a religious centre in a tourist town. It is becoming a case
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Germany and four other European Union member states are negotiating with Rwanda over the establishment of centres for rejected asylum seekers, as European governments seek new ways to implement deportations outside the
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On the 20th of August, a woman named Manori Sallay wrote to the President of Sri Lanka for the second time to ask him not to let her husband die in his
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The question Europe thought it had settled is returning with unexpected force: should prostitution be abolished, regulated or treated as work? The debate is once again moving from feminist theory into the
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The self-immolation of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen (Lobsang Palden) outside the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on July 2, 2026, triggered renewed protests and solidarity actions among Tibetan communities and
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Meta faces its most consequential legal challenge as a former engineer alleges the company knew its platform design could harm young users and prioritised keeping them online The second day of the
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