Ukrainian drone strikes set an oil export terminal ablaze in St Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched one of its largest aerial bombardments of Russia to date, with Moscow reporting that its
by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Bangladesh is on edge as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prepares to announce today, on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case
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SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva opened the second-reading debate on Budget 2026 on Saturday, urging the NPP government to respect democratic dissent and walk back its controversial decision to import as
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Editor’s Note: This column is based on excerpts from a speech by Chase Hughes, a behavioral science expert, author, and former U.S. Navy officer. Hughes has spent over two decades studying human
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Employers across the UK are increasingly concerned that artificial intelligence will reshape the workforce, with new research revealing that one in six expect staff numbers to fall in the next year due
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FBI Director Kash Patel quietly visited Beijing last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement cooperation, two people familiar with the trip told Reuters, marking a rare direct engagement between the U.S.
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Authorities in Malaysia and Thailand confirmed on Monday that the death toll from a capsized boat carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority has risen to 11, with fears mounting for dozens
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The BBC was plunged into turmoil on Sunday as its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, resigned following mounting accusations of editorial bias, including allegations that
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In Doro, a refugee settlement in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region, Omer* sits with his wife Nafeesa* and their three children, exhausted after a two-and-a-half-month journey from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. They
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Evidence is emerging that the United Arab Emirates is indirectly fueling Sudan’s civil war through arms and gold, despite repeated denials, according to reporting by Times UK. A convoy stopped at a
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Editorial Yet another brutal killing! That was in Kotahena. The headlines have almost become routine — another alleged underworld figure gunned down, another drug bust exposing shocking faces behind respectable masks. But
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In Afghanistan today, the mere mention of the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” — the so-called religious police — is enough to send women and girls trembling. Ostensibly tasked
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U.S. officials said intelligence collected in 2024 indicated that Israel’s military lawyers had warned of evidence supporting potential war crimes charges for its campaign in Gaza, operations largely reliant on American-supplied weapons,
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In the hierarchy of global honours, few distinctions have commanded as much reverence as the Nobel Peace Prize. Established in 1901 in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel, the Prize was
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The United Nations Security Council is set to vote in the coming days on a resolution that would formally end the conflict in Gaza and establish the framework for the territory’s future
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Recently, a Sri Lankan political delegation travelled to Switzerland at the invitation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Organized jointly by the Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD) and the Embassy of
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