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It is doubtful whether the discerning public expected anything worthwhile to come of Wednesday’s meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and a delegation from the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL). There
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Start with what he said, because he said it first, before anyone made him. His counsel stood in the Court of Appeal and told the bench that some people ask why the
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the killing of “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night and advocated the re-establishment of Jewish settlements across the Palestinian enclave.
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At least 613 people were killed and another 375 injured in Haiti between March and July as criminal gangs fought for control and security forces carried out operations against them, according to
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At the northern end of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, the Hansel Valley seems an unlikely place for one of America’s largest data centres. Mobile reception is weak, the landscape is dry and
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Afghanistan’s expanding CCTV network is giving the Taliban new power to monitor public life, while women, activists and political opponents describe a growing climate of fear five years after the fall of
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has asked the government to provide the complete and unedited video recording of a meeting held between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and representatives of the association
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“I have two minutes of phone time left. I don’t know if I will still be alive tomorrow. If we speak again, I will be very grateful to you.” Those were the
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Pakistan is experiencing one of its deadliest periods for terrorism in more than a decade, with violence in 2026 increasing in both frequency and lethality. July alone recorded more than 600 deaths,
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the country’s education crisis is becoming a wider threat to its social and economic future. Girls remain barred from school beyond the
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Jonathan did not want to leave Israel. When his wife first suggested moving abroad, he resisted. But after years of war, political turmoil, economic pressure and social tension, the Tel Aviv real-estate
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