Ukrainian drone strikes set an oil export terminal ablaze in St Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched one of its largest aerial bombardments of Russia to date, with Moscow reporting that its
In a region too often consumed by the drums of war, particularly between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, the importance of a sustained ceasefire cannot be overstated. While military skirmishes and nationalistic posturing capture
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Myanmar continues to bleed under the yoke of militarised oppression, yet refuses to surrender its voice or vision. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
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by Durga Velayudham On 25 May, Africa does not merely remember—it aches. This is not a celebration but a ritual of endurance, a painful reminder of a dream buried beneath treaties, banknotes,
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A damning new report has accused senior Cambodian politicians of supporting and profiting from a vast criminal industry that uses trafficked forced labour to run online scam centres targeting lonely individuals in
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The United Nations said on Friday it fears that as many as 427 Rohingya refugees have perished in two separate shipwrecks off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, marking what could
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Editor’s Note: The information presented in this article is based on a detailed investigative report published by The Independent (UK), which examined the operations of Cybrothel—Europe’s first cyber brothel—and explored the broader
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More than half of Germans would consider leaving the country, according to a new survey conducted by YouGov and reported by Die Welt. The poll highlights growing public dissatisfaction over immigration, political
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A French prosecutor on Friday called for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, who admitted to sexually abusing nearly 300 patients—most of them children—over a span of
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From exorcising ghosts in billionaire mansions to offering brain workouts for tycoons, Emily McBurnie has carved out an unusual niche in the booming wellness economy. The Australian-born psychic, yoga teacher, and trauma
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Defining Tamilness in purely national/territorial terms is problematic today, as transnational factors play a crucial role ~ Nira Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Identities It has been
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by Durga Velayudham The recent arrival of Binaifer Nowrojee, President of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in Sri Lanka signals more than just philanthropic outreach; it heralds the beginning of what many
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To reduce dependence on crude oil imports and as an eco-friendly strategy, the Government of India is implementing plans to blend ethanol with petrol. This is a commendable initiative. As of 28
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Over the past few years, the government in India has repeatedly marginalized and suppressed Sikh identity. The decision to shut down the Kartarpur Corridor and the actions taken to target Sikh activists
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The UN’s Under-Secretary-General just warned that 14,000 Palestinians children risk starving to death in the coming hours due to the total Israeli blockade of food, medicines and water. Thousands of other adults will
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What if justice, as we venerate it in liberal-democratic orders, is merely a sophisticated veneer for entrenched power? What if its moral sublimity is but the normative consequence of institutional inertia and
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