President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held an unannounced meeting at the Kremlin on Friday to discuss the future of several sanctioned Russian-owned refineries that have fueled growing concerns
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Talks for the United Kingdom to join the European Union’s new €150 billion SAFE defence fund collapsed on Friday, dealing a significant setback to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s efforts to rebuild relations
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A global surge in demand for data centers—driven by rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and companies increasingly outsourcing data storage—is amplifying one of the industry’s most urgent challenges: how to keep facilities
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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will remain in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after appeals judges on Friday rejected arguments from his defense team that the 80-year-old should be released
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It is that time of year again when India’s national capital Delhi’s air quality turned acutely hazardous. Official Indian air quality indicators hit their maximum adverse readings of 500, while indices based
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A United Nations torture expert has urged governments and security-industry organisers to reinforce monitoring measures after several prohibited items were discovered for sale at a major international security trade fair in Paris.
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Ever since India attained independence, the countrymen have been remembering the great national leaders and freedom fighters on their birth anniversaries, particularly Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Continuing this trend, Prime Minister
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Ximdo is a people’s peace movement that has been growing in the war- and famine-plagued Horn of Africa for several months now. The word comes from the Tigrinya language, used by Eritreans
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Sri Lanka’s politics took an unprecedented turn on November 27, as the government allowed widespread LTTE remembrance ceremonies across the northern and eastern provinces, coinciding with a path-breaking London meeting between JVP
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Editorial Sri Lanka stands at a precipice, and yet the government continues to behave as though the nation has merely been brushed by an inconvenient monsoon. With dozens dead, scores missing, entire
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by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka is at the blink of another recorded disaster; sooner the blaming and shaming game of usual political catastrophisers will emerge. Failures of the government will try to hide
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is bracing for severe flooding and further devastation as intense rainfall, rising river levels and powerful winds triggered by Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” continue to batter
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s highly anticipated visit to India, scheduled for December 2025, has been postponed, dealing a significant diplomatic blow to India. The postponement follows security concerns raised after the
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Indian media has launched a coordinated disinformation campaign, painting Türkiye as a supporter of terrorism and accusing it of providing logistical, diplomatic, and financial aid to groups operating in India. This narrative
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