A Brazilian man accused of killing 16 people in a remote part of the country was captured after a two-day police pursuit ended on September 13, with investigators revealing that he had
A Brazilian man accused of killing 16 people in a remote part of the country was captured after a two-day police pursuit ended on September 13, with investigators revealing that he had
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by Our Correspondnent in Colombo A significant disclosure was made during yesterday’s court proceedings into Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, when Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris told the court that military
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The UK government has rejected Jamaica’s demand for financial reparations over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, reaffirming on September 7 that it will not enter negotiations or pay compensation, even
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UN experts have expressed grave concern over the alleged enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial killing of Imran Ali in Balochistan, urging Pakistan to conduct a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A major crystal methamphetamine seizure at Colombo Port has taken an unexpected turn after the US Embassy in Colombo publicly claimed that the operation was the result
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The poster still hangs outside the Migrolino kiosk at the railway station, as if the event were about to begin. Beside it stand heavily armed members of the cantonal police, an unmistakable
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The report states that 573 homicides were recorded in 2023, followed by 555 in 2024 and 536 in 2025. Taken together, the figures show a decline in the annual number of homicides
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At least 613 people were killed and another 375 injured in Haiti between March and July as criminal gangs fought for control and security forces carried out operations against them, according to
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Luna al-Shibl rose from television presenter to one of Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful advisers, but her sudden death in 2024 exposed the dangers of proximity to a regime whose inner workings she
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The death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday has intensified questions about proportionality, race and journalistic responsibility after weeks of relentless coverage over allegations concerning his academic record and the wider story of
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Spanish investigators are examining an alleged money-laundering network used to conceal the proceeds of a major cocaine trafficking operation centred on the port of Valencia, with suspected funds traced through property companies,
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Myanmar’s military is increasingly using drones, motorised paragliders and other low-cost aircraft to attack civilians, according to United Nations investigators, highlighting the widening use of improvised and inexpensive aerial weapons as the
More by Our Correspondent in Colombo Three inmates have been killed and nearly 25 others injured following separate outbreaks of unrest at three prisons in Sri Lanka, prompting authorities to deploy security forces,
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The Sri Lanka Navy has launched a special rescue operation to assist 11 Indian fishermen after their fishing vessel ran aground near Delft Island while allegedly operating illegally inside Sri Lankan territorial
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For Souleymane Griene, Europe began not with opportunity but with survival. After escaping death in the waters separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the 20-year-old climbed into an Islamic cemetery
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