Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Afghanistan remains on a knife-edge. Looming famine, widespread malnutrition, and the forced repatriation of refugees are signs not of a nation in crisis — but one already collapsed, hollowed out to its
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A catastrophic data breach has exposed the identities of more than 100 UK government personnel — including MI6 operatives, elite special forces troops, and senior military officers — putting lives at risk
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Blind terror and hatred of Arabs and Islam fuel the American and Israeli plans for the so-called “Greater Israel” — a catastrophic aberration taking shape with no real deterrence. Despite international law,
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Reason seems to have been gradually abolished by the language of bombs. As weapons systems get ‘smarter’ and ‘smarter’, the range of diplomatic instruments used by the Global North states becomes blunter
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INTRODUCTION The preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI 171 accident presents an account that is as haunting as it is complex. The sequence of mechanical events—interrupted engine thrust, fuel cutoff,
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The former Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has denounced the country’s key institutions as fundamentally broken, warning that deep-rooted dysfunction in governance and justice systems is perpetuating a
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The UK government blocked The Times from revealing the full extent of General Sir Gwyn Jenkins’s role in a major data leak involving Afghan personnel—just days before announcing his promotion to one
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An unprecedented international study of human proteins is offering new insights into how neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s develop — and how they might one day be detected and treated earlier.
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At least 43 Israeli soldiers have died by suicide since the onset of the Gaza war in October 2023, according to reports by i24NEWS and other local outlets — a staggering increase
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As the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) prepares to convene its hearing on “Pakistan: Ongoing Political Repression” on July 15, 2025, much attention has turned to Syed Zulfi Bukhari’s testimony. Bukhari,
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