In 2018, a young Syrian named Youssef Juma was repairing a laptop belonging to a local security commander when he discovered footage of a mass execution. The videos showed blindfolded civilians being
In 2018, a young Syrian named Youssef Juma was repairing a laptop belonging to a local security commander when he discovered footage of a mass execution. The videos showed blindfolded civilians being
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The discovery of approximately 2,000 classified or potentially sensitive documents belonging to Germany’s foreign intelligence service has placed former intelligence chief August Hanning at the centre of a national security crisis. Investigators
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Russia and China are providing Iran with military technology, intelligence and other forms of assistance that could increase the costs of the war for the United States, as both powers seek to
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Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry is preparing to implement the second phase of its proposed education reforms next year, as the government faces the challenge of securing public understanding and political support for
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Ashok Abeysinghe, deputy secretary of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has resigned from the party and all positions he held within it, citing opposition to its current political approach and expressing
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Germany’s two-tier health insurance system is facing renewed scrutiny over unequal access to medical treatment, as evidence of longer waiting times for publicly insured patients exposes a division that many Germans regard
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Sofía Monsalve, the Colombian political scientist appointed in May as the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, has warned that famine is increasingly being normalised as governments and armed
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Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, emerging resistance groups are reporting attacks across Afghanistan, including in the south. Political exclusion, abuses against former security personnel and fragmented opposition sustain the
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The United Nations is approaching a leadership change at a time when its effectiveness in maintaining international peace and security is under growing scrutiny. António Guterres will step down after ten years
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Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University have been awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for research that changed
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From October 8 to 9, 2026, Police detained 252 people in a single night during an operation against teenage gangs in Comilla District. The drive was conducted by Police from all 18
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The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has congratulated Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising what it describes as her longstanding contribution to human rights, international justice and accountability
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has warned that ageing oil tankers used to transport Russian petroleum could cause a major environmental disaster along European coastlines, describing the vessels as
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The confrontation between Washington and Moscow during the final years of the Cold War was not confined to nuclear weapons, military strategy and competing visions of global security. Newly declassified records published
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Across the United States, a growing backlash against enormous data centres is emerging as an unexpected bipartisan political issue ahead of the 3 November midterm elections. From the dry communities of New
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