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
Myanmar’s military government has seized close to 10,000 mobile phones and related equipment used in online scam operations as part of an escalating crackdown on criminal syndicates operating near the Thai border,
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The widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has criticized President Donald Trump for ignoring her efforts to discuss her husband’s brutal murder with him, describing the experience as “painful,” according to an
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Jenny Button first imagined Emm during the COVID-19 lockdown while using an Oura ring and a Whoop monitoring band. She was gaining insights about her body but realized there was a glaring
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The newly released Anthropic investigation reveals that a state-sponsored threat group has carried out the first largely autonomous cyber-espionage campaign, using an AI system to execute nearly all stages of the attack
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This year marks the 222nd anniversary of the Battle of Vertières. It took place on November 18 south of Le Cap, in what was then known as Saint Domingue. In that battle,
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Editor’s Note: This feature draws from a conversation with Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, joined by Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Vineeta Agarwala, exploring the groundbreaking work of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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China is launching an array of financial incentives—including wedding subsidies, child-rearing benefits and home-purchase grants—in an escalating attempt to reverse the country’s steep population decline, according to Times UK. The dramatic policy
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A mysterious organization led by an Israeli-Estonian national has helped hundreds of Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip in recent months, according to an investigation by Haaretz. The organization, called Al-Majd, offers Palestinians
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The United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday expressed deep concern over the death sentences handed down by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal against former Prime Minister Sheikh
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On November 10, 2025, at least 10 civilians were killed and another 32 injured when a slow-moving car exploded near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi at around 6:52 pm [IST]. Two
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A Sri Lankan influencer, Geeth Sooriyapura, is at the centre of a sprawling network of more than 100 Facebook pages posting anti-migrant and Islamophobic disinformation targeting the UK, according to reporting by
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Editorial “Are we investigating the truth or manufacturing it?” That question should hang over the Criminal Investigation Department as it jets across continents to scrutinise a former president over a paltry Rs.
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The Caribbean Community’s reparations commission will meet British officials and politicians from November 17 to 20, aiming to advance cooperation and promote public education on the reparations agenda. The talks come amid
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Britain announced on Saturday that it intends to revoke statutory duties such as housing and weekly allowances for asylum seekers who are able to work but choose not to, as well as
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