A shirtless, masked young man standing above a São Paulo metro station, waving Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s flag alongside a Palestinian flag, became one of the defining images of
Recently, the US and Israel, without consulting or obtaining authorization from the UN Security Council, brazenly launched military strikes against Iran. This act flagrantly tramples on international law and basic norms governing
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Recent disclosures regarding the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was a significant donor to fields including mathematical biology and artificial intelligence, have intensified scrutiny on private funding in science. Nature reports that
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The world faces an urgent water crisis as climate change and geopolitical tensions threaten the stability of river systems that sustain hundreds of millions of people across South Asia. According to recent
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A groundbreaking study suggests that mosquitoes began specializing in feeding on humans approximately 1.8 million years ago, long before Homo sapiens reached Southeast Asia. Researchers analyzing the DNA of 11 mosquito species
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On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum published a landmark constitutional decree officially reducing the standard workweek from 48 to 40 hours, marking a historic moment for labor rights in the country. The
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On February 28, a coordinated air campaign by the United States and Israel struck targets across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials, in what is being called
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Fahad al-Saif, Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed minister tasked with securing $70 billion in foreign investment by 2030, has faced an unexpectedly tumultuous start. Less than three weeks into his tenure, western business
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President Trump justified his June strikes on Iran, asserting that the United States could not allow Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon. He later claimed the attacks had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The United States has confirmed that it was responsible for the devastating submarine attack that sank the Iranian naval warship IRIS Dena off the southern coast of
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo An Iranian Navy warship has reportedly sunk in waters south of Sri Lanka following what sources described as a possible underwater attack, potentially involving a submarine, triggering
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has issued a strong statement condemning the recent military actions by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which have triggered
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Very few in Nepal initially believed an election on 5 March after the Gen Z protests was feasible: that it would even happen, given the chaotic and traumatic two-day protests last year
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by Eric At precisely 6 a.m. on a symbolic Saturday—the same weekday Hamas had launched its October 7 attacks—Israel executed a meticulously planned strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. For decades,
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A widening conflict in the Middle East sent tremors through global financial markets Tuesday, triggering sharp stock-market declines from New York to Seoul and briefly igniting a surge in oil prices that
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by Durga Velayudham As Iran reels from the shock of a US-backed Israeli missile strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, attention has swiftly turned to his second-oldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who
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