Indonesia’s oil and gas import bill surged 40.2 per cent year on year to US$25.8 billion in the first seven months of 2026, as higher global energy prices increased pressure on the
by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor While Manipur rioters may look to Sri Lanka for inspiration, the Indian government has proven to be much more advanced in its counteractions. Despite the ongoing deadly
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In late 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released a fascinating report entitled Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World, in large part encouraged by a slew of initiatives across India to extend the workday.
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As Afghanistan’s economy continues to spiral, as many as 34 million Afghans are living below the poverty line, says a new UN report. The “Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023” report released by the United
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On April 25, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla reported that the third round of the peace talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group would begin
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United Parcel Service (UPS) workers are gearing up for a potential strike as they hold contract negotiations with the company. Talks between the company and the union representing UPS workers, the International
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Doctors Without Borders Asks Israel to Stop Forceful Displacement of Palestinians From Masafer Yatta
Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in a report published on April 30, asked Israeli authorities to immediately halt the forceful displacement of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. MSF called on Israeli authorities “to
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Editorial “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, Poverty, by America, published by Crown We imagine that their sufferings are one thing and our life another.—Leo Tolstoy Why is there so
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On the eastern side of the Tigris River in downtown Baghdad, many bookstores open every morning, some of which have survived for decades despite wars, conflicts, insecurity and sectarian strife, especially after
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[ Xinhua] A prominent leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) on Tuesday died in an Israeli prison after he went on a hunger strike for 86 days, Palestinian and Israeli
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Looking frail, thirsty and hungry, Abumukisa Twesenge alighted from a minivan that had transported him from Malaba Town, located at the Kenya-Uganda border. Twesenge, 52, is among hundreds of refugees who arrived
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The apprehension of two men in New York on April 16, 2023, marked the first known U.S. arrests in connection with Chinese overseas police stations. Both men were working in a building in Manhattan’s
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In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on “the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers
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by Pavan Kulkarni and Prasanth Radhakrishnan More than 500 people have been killed and 4,000 injured since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
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“It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”! Mandy Hale “ The Monarchy, always, at all costs, had to be protected’ Prince Harry, Spare (p.351) I have just finished reading the book Spare by Prince Harry,
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