On 22 September 2026, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) – a banned Baloch ethno-nationalist separatist group in Pakistan, waging an insurgency in Balochistan, allegedly from bases in Afghanistan – claimed that its
“Israel today is dynamiting the edifice of the global norms built after 1945.” Pankaj Mishra (The Shoah after Gaza – London Review of Books – 21.3.2014) In the second decade of the
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Extremists are finding new ways to evade online moderation and radicalise young people, with platforms ranging from TikTok to gaming sites like Roblox increasingly serving as recruitment grounds. Moustafa Ayad, executive director
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Argentina is turning to small modular reactor (SMR) technology and private U.S. investment to modernize its nuclear energy sector, a bold move signaling a pivot away from a previously planned Chinese-backed nuclear
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Renowned novelist Kate Mosse has voiced her dismay over the unauthorized use of her literary works by artificial intelligence (AI) models, calling the practice a violation of copyright and creativity. Writing in
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Fifty years after Mexico’s “Dirty War” reached its peak, the country is reckoning with a haunting legacy of state violence, forced disappearances, and systematic repression. A groundbreaking effort by Mexico’s first major
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The lives of hundreds of thousands in the famine-struck Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) hang in the balance as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified attacks on North
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Sri Lanka, with approximately 1.2 million hectares allocated for paddy cultivation during the Maha and Yala seasons, depends heavily on its agricultural sector for food security. Despite favourable conditions in the 2023
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For over two decades, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, commonly known as Gitmo, has been a flashpoint of global controversy. Established in January 2002 during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the
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Why did President Joe Biden visit the African nation of Angola in the dwindling hours of his presidency? No other US president has visited this resource-rich southern African nation. Biden was just
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It has become background noise. We know it is happening, but we can almost forget that it continues at a barbaric rate. The United Nations deputy special coordinator for Palestine, Muhannad Hadi,
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“Sri Lanka has become one of the fastest aging countries in the world. Its share of the population over 60 years of age, which was 12% in 2014, has exceeded the average of
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Britain has become the “western capital” for sharia courts, with a growing number of these courts issuing religious rulings on marriage and family matters. According to a recent investigation by The Times,
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Social media platforms are increasingly becoming the marketplace for illegal drug sales, with dealers using clever tactics—such as emojis—to evade detection, according to Wired magazine. For example, a snowflake, a snowman, or
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President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. When he appeared to prevail in Syria’s civil war,
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A previously unidentified disease that has claimed 143 lives in southwestern DR Congo has been confirmed as a severe form of malaria, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The outbreak, which began
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