Sri Lanka’s post-1978 political history offers a curious pattern: constitutional amendments designed to strengthen those in power have often produced consequences that later weakened or destroyed them. From the Second Amendment and
On December 27, local authorities in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province in Pakistan issued official notices ordering Afghan refugees residing in the Barakai Afghan and Gandaf Afghan camps to
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South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang announced on Monday a compensation package worth 1.69 trillion won, or about $1.18 billion, for users affected by a major data breach, according to Reuters. The plan
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At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our own, in terminal decline. Sixty percent of Englishmen were physically unfit for military service, as are 77 percent of American
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On December 20, 2025, a permitted Sikh Nagar Kirtan-a traditional religious procession-held in Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand, was briefly disrupted by around 50 protesters linked to Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki.
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India has registered a remarkable level of economic development over the last eleven years, with the country emerging as the fourth largest economy in the world. With the Government of India implementing
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The current unrest in Bangladesh poses a pressing geopolitical question: is the country drifting out of India’s strategic orbit? A significant rift emerged in August 2024 when Sheikh Hasina—long the political cornerstone
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Nearly sixty years ago, in January 1966, hundreds of revolutionaries from across the Third World gathered in Havana, Cuba, for the First Solidarity Conference of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin
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The death of a former senior official who once oversaw China’s one-child policy has triggered a wave of online criticism, reviving public anger over a policy that reshaped millions of lives and
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The alarming eruption of violence, lawlessness, and social breakdown in Bangladesh cannot be separated from the conduct of the unlawful and puppet interim regime led by Dr Muhammad Yunus and the network
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“When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve. It teaches you to
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The small Jewish settler outpost of Or Meir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become a flashpoint in a wider campaign to consolidate Israeli control over strategically important land, Reuters reports. Originally
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On December 23, 2025, two persons were killed and several were injured, including 48 Police personnel, as fresh violence erupted in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong District, marking a serious escalation in a
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On December 21, 2025, a Taliban fighter, identified as Amanullah was killed in the Jurm District of Badakhshan Province in an intra-Taliban skirmish, when a confrontation broke out between individuals affiliated with
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Editor’s Note: This is an Extended Version of the Author’s Earlier Report Winter had just begun in New Delhi, and the day after my arrival, I decided to meet him for a
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LGBTQ+ migrants detained in U.S. immigration facilities face harassment, physical abuse and isolation, raising alarm among human rights advocates. Reports obtained by EL PAÍS highlight how systemic policies, particularly those implemented under
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