Diplomatic efforts to end an acute and bloody armed conflict should always be welcomed and the persistence of Donald Trump’s administration, which has pursued this goal for more than a year and
On February 17, 2026, a fact-finding report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) concluded that Punjab’s Crime Control Department (CCD) had adopted a deliberate policy of staged encounters that
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On his 66th birthday, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, marking the first detention of a senior British royal in nearly 400 years. He was released the
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The government of Sri Lanka has raised serious national security concerns after revealing that nearly 900,000 mobile SIM cards currently in use cannot be linked to verified individuals, a gap authorities say
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On 5 February 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired, ending the last surviving legal constraint on the strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Russian Federation.
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The U.S. State Department is developing an online platform intended to allow users in Europe and other regions to view online content restricted by local authorities, according to sources familiar with the
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In a Los Angeles trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted he ignored internal warnings from wellbeing experts to restore beauty filters on Instagram, raising questions about social media’s responsibility for teenage mental
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A devastating explosion at an illegal coal mine in the Thangsko area of East Jaintia Hills district on February 5, 2026, killed 33 workers and laid bare the failure of enforcement agencies
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by Durga Velayutham The so-called White Flag incident has been used for years to accuse former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, of ordering the killing of surrendering LTTE leaders.
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For decades, autism research has focused almost entirely on children, early intervention, and education. Now, a rapidly growing population of older autistic adults is exposing a major blind spot in global health
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The brain has long been considered an organ walled off from the rest of the body, shielded by layers of membranes called the meninges. Now, research published today in Nature reveals that
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