Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of the first named Neanderthal fossils in 1856, scientists have struggled
Right at the beginning of his book, ‘The Killing Fields of Inequality’ Göran Therborn says ‘Inequality is a violation of human dignity; it is a denial of the possibility for everybody’s human
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On 13 March 2026, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez gave a press conference in Havana, Cuba. The country has been wracked by a worsening fuel and electricity crisis produced by the long-standing illegal
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The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on March 18, 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical
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Serbia’s arms exports to Israel surged by 140 percent in 2025, reaching a record 114 million euros ($131.1 million), according to official data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
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The conflict ignited by US-Israel strikes on Iran has already devastated 67,414 civilian sites, with hostilities spreading across the Middle East and disproportionately affecting ordinary people, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk
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Under the updated reproductive health directives, Russian doctors are instructed to ask women how many children they plan to have. Those who indicate they do not intend to give birth are now
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The UK government has announced a drastic reduction in aid spending to some of the world’s poorest nations, cutting funding by 40% over the next year. Under plans unveiled by Foreign Secretary
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Iraq has struck a deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to reopen the 600-mile Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, resuming exports from northern fields to Turkey’s Mediterranean port. The North Oil Company confirmed that
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Recent observations by Michel Yakovleff have drawn attention not merely for their tone, but for what they expose about a profound tension within the international security community: the hazards of engaging in
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The Pentagon has quietly signaled it will seek a staggering $200 billion from Congress to sustain the ongoing war in Iran, a figure that would significantly expand the already immense U.S. defense
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A high-level Sri Lankan defence delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), began a two-day official visit to Japan to participate in the 2nd Japan–Sri Lanka Defence
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As soon as Anura became President, the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka met with him. During the meeting, he handed over a personal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, inviting Anura to
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The fragile progress made in reducing child mortality over the past two decades is now at risk of unraveling. A new report by a United Nations inter-agency group has issued a stark
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On March 16, 2026, Yaqub Ebrahimi, the former Traffic Commander of Ghor Province was killed in the Kandiwal area of Firuzkuh city, the capital of Ghor Province, while heading towards a mosque.
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On March 16, the Taliban Government of Afghanistan accused the Pakistani military of conducting an airstrike that killed more than 400 people and injured 250 [the UN later revises the death toll
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