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
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 rare information about her condition and renewed attention
Thousands of people demonstrated across Poland to demand abortion rights, accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government of failing to deliver on its election promise
Alleged irregularities in medical procurement in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh have exposed vulnerabilities in public purchasing, including suspected price inflation, manipulated tenders and
The ongoing debate over the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files should not distract from the deeper, pervasive problem of child sexual abuse, according to human rights lawyer Eric Lewis, writing in the
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James Vanderbilt’s film Nuremberg, released in UK cinemas on 14 November, centers on Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second-in-command, and his interactions with US army psychiatrist Douglas M. Kelley. The movie draws on the
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Sheffield Hallam University’s decision to halt a major body of research into forced labour in China — first revealed in materials obtained by Professor Laura Murphy and originally reported by The Times
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What began as a local dispute in Nottinghamshire, England, has become a cautionary tale about the creeping restrictions on press freedom worldwide. Council leader Mick Barton of the right-wing Reform UK party
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Ten of India’s largest trade unions condemned the government’s rollout of new labour codes on Friday, calling the overhaul “a deceptive fraud” against workers. The unions, aligned with parties opposing Prime Minister
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Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop Rafael Zornoza of Spain, who is under investigation for an alleged sexual abuse case involving a teenage boy in the 1990s. The bishop, who
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In a devastating attack on St Mary’s Catholic School in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State, armed men abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers on Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reported. The
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Asian and Pacific governments convened this week at a United Nations forum to confront a mounting challenge: developing countries worldwide now face an estimated US$4 trillion financing gap needed to meet their
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Indian authorities are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a key pharmaceutical ingredient led to the contamination of a cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent
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A sweeping Financial Times investigation has revealed that tuna sold by major UK supermarkets is being sourced from fisheries where migrant crews report violence, forced labour, withheld pay and inhumane working conditions.
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The UK’s National Crime Agency has uncovered a money laundering system so extensive it connects British drug dealers to sanctioned Russian oligarchs, exposing yet another layer of the scandal surrounding Wirecard fugitive
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In the United Nations’ Humanitarian Situation Update #340 on the Gaza Strip (12 November 2025), there is a section on the distress experienced by more than 1 million Palestinian children in Gaza. The most
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The Miss Universe competition has been thrown into turmoil just days before the final in Bangkok, as a number of judges withdrew amid allegations of secret committees, rigged voting, and personal conflicts
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On Friday, 17 October 2025, the UN Development Programme released the 2025 edition of its Multidimensional Poverty Index Report. For the first time, the report directly evaluates their multidimensional poverty data against climate
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China is launching an array of financial incentives—including wedding subsidies, child-rearing benefits and home-purchase grants—in an escalating attempt to reverse the country’s steep population decline, according to Times UK. The dramatic policy
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