The report states that 573 homicides were recorded in 2023, followed by 555 in 2024 and 536 in 2025. Taken together, the figures show a decline in the annual number of homicides
Editorial Note: Daniel Jadue’s dismissal as Recoleta’s mayor after 45 days in prison highlights the contentious overlap between legal challenges and political strategy. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court’s drastic cut to job quotas
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In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court today issued an interim order restraining Deshabandu Tennakoon from performing his duties as the Inspector General of Police (IGP). This order is set to
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Karwar, India – A newbuild containership chartered by Maersk has encountered a significant cargo fire in the Arabian Sea, approximately 50 nautical miles off the coast of Karwar, India. The Indian Coast
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Pregnant Tibetan antelopes have begun their annual migration to the heart of northwest China’s Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve to give birth, the reserve’s management bureau said Tuesday. At 10:17 a.m. on
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Sri Lanka mourns the loss of Professor Nalin De Silva, a distinguished figure in the realms of theoretical physics, philosophy, and political analysis. The eminent scholar breathed his last on May 1st,
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The 23rd Summit of Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America—Trade Agreement for the People (ALBA-TCP) was held in Caracas, Venezuela on April 24. The summit was the first since Venezuelan
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday he will step down on May 15 after nearly 20 years of heading the government of the economically prosperous country as part of
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Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Houthi group, raised alarms earlier this month with his declaration of intent to disrupt maritime traffic in the Indian Ocean, particularly around the strategic Cape
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In a recent crackdown, the Immigration Department apprehended 21 young Indian nationals for operating an internet sales center in Negombo, Sri Lanka, contravening the conditions of their tourist visas. Following a preliminary
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In war-torn Sudan, 25 million people face hunger, well over half of the country’s population. About 18 million are acutely food insecure, including 3.8 million malnourished children under five years old. Over a dozen children
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At least 150,000 people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since February 2, as fighting has intensified between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and
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Syria’s population is facing an urgent food crisis as the World Food Program (WFP) unveiled its inability to sustain its food assistance to millions of Syrians, a WFP official has said. “The
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Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party, was attacked by an unidentified man with a knife during his visit to the country’s southeastern port city of Busan Tuesday, according
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During a conference titled “After 9: The Fate of Sri Lanka?” organized by the United Kingdom Committee of the National Freedom Front, Wimal Weerawansa, leader of the National Freedom Front and Member
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A US computer scientist lost his bid on Wednesday to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent
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