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On June 26, 2026, Assam Police, assisted by central agencies, arrested two suspected United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) cadres, identified as ‘second lieutenants’ Humenjyoti Baruah alias Siyor Asom and Papu Moran alias Manoj Asom, during
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Punjab is experiencing an escalation in low-intensity terrorist activities orchestrated by Khalistani extremist networks, often in tandem with foreign-based gangsters and Pakistan-backed handlers. According to partial data compiled by the Institute for Conflict
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to China from June 24 to 26 has drawn significant attention as Bangladesh joined the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and sought an agreement to strengthen cooperation
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Digital Transformation in Sri Lankan Education: The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the educational fabric of Sri Lanka marks a pivotal transformation in the nation’s quest for economic and academic modernization.
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This year has been a crazy time with regard to Washington’s treatment of artificial intelligence, and the pace has picked up in the last couple of weeks. This train of events began
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On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative
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Sri Lanka must strengthen its National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and take concrete action to address continuing risks of torture and ill-treatment faced by people deprived of their liberty, the United Nations Subcommittee
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More than seven decades after the fall of Nazi Germany, questions surrounding Josef Mengele’s escape from justice continue to resurface through fragments of forgotten records and unresolved investigations. One of the latest
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When Israeli forces withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 after 18 years of occupation, the departure became a symbol of a campaign many Israelis had come to view as costly and unresolved.
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Artificial intelligence researchers are shifting their focus from models that generate responses to AI agents that can carry out complex tasks in the real world, with the goal of creating systems that
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A bitter legal dispute involving members of Thailand’s billionaire family behind the Singha beer empire has drawn renewed attention to a century-old law that allows parents to revoke gifts from children accused
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The push comes after a series of incidents involving alleged industrial espionage, technology smuggling and illicit activities that have highlighted vulnerabilities in Japan’s economic system. Cases involving suspected theft of industrial secrets,
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Sovereign wealth funds and central banks managing $29 trillion in assets are reassessing their investment strategies as concerns grow over the long-term role of the US dollar, according to a survey published
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