Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
The German government has reached an agreement with the Taliban regime to accelerate the deportation of convicted Afghan criminals, according to German newspaper Bild. The arrangement, reached through “technical-level” negotiations because Berlin
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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has authorized the deployment of foreign military personnel with criminal and civil immunity as part of expanded security operations against organized crime, according to a government decree issued
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Editor’s Note: The following essay is based on the original article published in the Colombo-based newspaper Aruna. The article was originally written in Sinhala by journalist Nirosha Wasala and was based on
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They crossed the border from Sudan carrying the consequences of a devastating war, seeking protection from violence that had already forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. But for some Sudanese
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by Eric Bailey There are moments in the life of a nation when the real test of character is not found on the battlefield, but in what follows after the guns fall
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by Our Political Affairs Editor Former Finance, Foreign and Justice Minister Ali Sabry has launched a strong defence of due process in the continuing debate over the Easter Sunday attacks, accusing the
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently expressed concern over the alleged way Balachandran Prabhakaran, 12-year-old son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed, in cold blood, on 19
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The Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka has formally admitted to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka that retired Major General Suresh Sallay, the former head of the State Intelligence Service,
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I looked into the Easter Sunday attacks through a different lens, focusing less on the general narrative and more on the chain of communication, security coordination, and unanswered administrative questions that still
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For nearly three years, Casey Harrell has lived with a device embedded in his brain that has transformed how he communicates. Paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive disease that gradually
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For years, one word dominated the way Rosa Chávez Yacila’s family described emotional distress: “nerviosas” — nervous. It was the phrase her mother, a domestic worker, used when trying to explain the
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Herat, a historic city in western Afghanistan, has become the epicenter of renewed tension after women-led protests were violently dispersed by Taliban forces. According to testimonies collected and reported by El País,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A significant contradiction has emerged between the position taken by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and arguments previously advanced by the Attorney General’s Department regarding the mental
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As the war in West Asia between Israel/USA on the one hand and Iran on the other appears to be coming to an end, discerning observers all over the world would think
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A State of Contradictions Startling contradictions define Pakistan’s posture today. To the outside world, Islamabad parades as a peace broker—courting Washington and Tehran with the language of diplomacy. Yet at home, the
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