Morocco is entering a more assertive phase of its foreign policy, buoyed by international backing that has strengthened Rabat’s confidence and encouraged it to revisit questions of territorial sovereignty beyond the Western
Millions of people are thronging through the streets of Tehran this week as the state funeral for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei takes place; Khamenei ruled Iran for three decades and
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Editorial Negombo Prison is not merely the scene of another prison riot. It is the scene of a state failure. Twenty-six people are now reported dead. More than hundred have been injured.
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The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, has urged immediate global cooperation to secure the release of 44 seafarers currently being held captive by pirates and armed robbers in
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo At least 26 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two consecutive days of violence at Negombo Prison in western Sri Lanka, where renewed
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What happens when a country wins a war but fails to resolve the reasons that produced the war in the first place? Can a military victory over an armed movement create lasting
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A simulated crisis set in 2033, in which a US technology firm unveils an artificial intelligence system capable of programming itself without human input, has sparked renewed debate over global AI governance
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is employing autocratic governance tactics that analysts and historians say echo those used by Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal,
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There was no one in the room at all, no one except the stillness that had taken up the space, that had settled on it like a jackhammer. In the middle of
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A Russian influencer who became a household name in 2017 after publicly alleging rape on national television now faces a possible prison sentence in a new criminal case linked to alleged distribution
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Over the last several hundred years, different forms of governance have evolved, including democracy, communism, feudalism, dictatorship, military rule, and totalitarian governance. While, based on past experience, merits and demerits have been
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