Two teenagers were killed in a shooting in the Chulavista neighbourhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday night, according to the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), which said the victims were
A second mass grave site linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been uncovered in western Mexico, again with the help of relatives of the country’s more than 120,000 missing
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President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso recently delivered a speech that has resonated deeply not only across Africa but around the world. Addressing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a directness seldom
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Although it is not totally uncommon to other developing countries, Sri Lanka is extremely indulged in political and power struggles between political parties and political leaders. This is also not uncommon to
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In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy
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Since the end of the 30-year-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009, whether it should be celebrated as a victory or allowed to be mourned by the war victims has
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The World Future Council (WFC) has named Sri Lankan-born international lawyer and educator Neshan Gunasekera as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gunasekera took office in May 2025, bringing with him a wealth
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Editorial “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson At the 16th anniversary commemoration of the end of the
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by Durga Velayudham In the mythos of Tamil nationalism, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have long occupied a revered, if contested, space. To many in the diaspora, especially in the
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What makes us think? This question is about the beginning of philosophy. For the early Greek philosophers like Parmenides and Plato, thinking and philosophizing begin in wonder, the awareness of an invisible
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The plan, revealed through a leaked map shared with diplomats and humanitarian agencies, outlines the forced relocation of Palestinians into three tightly controlled areas. These civilian sections would be cut off from
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France will construct a high-security prison in the heart of the South American jungle to isolate its most dangerous criminals, including drug lords and Islamist radicals, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced in
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In the shadow of the Line of Control (LoC), where artillery duels between India and Pakistan briefly pushed South Asia to the brink of war earlier this month, the human cost of
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A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka after allegedly attempting to smuggle £1.15 million worth of cannabis into the country in her luggage. Charlotte May Lee, from Coulsdon in
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In the summer of 2004, J.K. Rowling saw a harrowing photo in The Sunday Times—a small, shaven-headed boy, Vasek Knotek, caged in a Czech orphanage. The image burned itself into her memory.
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The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has joined Tamils around the world in marking the 16th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, issuing a somber statement that highlights continued grievances
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