The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
An apparent parcel bomb explosion at an upscale Moscow restaurant has reportedly targeted Lieutenant General Alexander Tschajko during celebrations marking his 55th birthday, in what would represent the latest in a series
More
As governments and industry accelerate plans to deploy nuclear-powered merchant vessels to help decarbonise global shipping, a commentary published by Nature argues that the technology’s success will depend not only on advances
More
Malaysia’s Chinese-backed Forest City development is facing renewed scrutiny after police uncovered an alleged scam operation employing hundreds of foreign nationals and authorities ordered the closure of a US-founded technology community. According
More
The five-day period from July 20 to 25 in New Delhi, India’s capital was a high octane one as hundreds of youths under the rubric of Gen Z collected at Jantar Mantar
More
The Spanish government has denied allegations that it overlooked intelligence warnings ahead of the mass arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in the North African exclave of Ceuta, as authorities continue
More
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts has called on Canada to strengthen protection for Sikh activist Moninder Singh following repeated official warnings of credible threats to his life. The
More
Former federal prosecutor Jay Clayton has been sworn in as the United States’ Director of National Intelligence following a divisive Senate confirmation process that centred on his refusal to directly acknowledge President
More
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ambassador Olha Stefanishyna from her post in Washington as part of a broader reshuffle of senior government and diplomatic positions. While Stefanishyna described her departure as
More
India has warned Meta that it could lose the legal protections available to online intermediaries after the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook reel, with Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications
More
During the nearly three decades of fighting Tamil separatists and two insurrections by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Sri Lanka armed forces had expanded. In three years of the final instalment
More
More than 40 people were reportedly been killed and over 70 injured, internet and mobile services remained suspended across large parts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) for up to 54 days,
More
I visited Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City the day before it closed, in October, 2016. The casino had two huge white gates flanked by 2-ton white, cast-stone elephants. Its
More
“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer In the first instance,
More
On July 31, 2026, terrorists opened fire on two migrant labourers, Deepak Ratray (24) and Bhupinder (28), from Chhattisgarh, who were working at a brick kiln in the Kulgam District of Jammu
More
The publication of the first official images of detained former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup has drawn renewed international attention to her prolonged detention, health, and
More