Saudi Arabia: New evidence of torture of female political prisoners

Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul pictured on her way to the state security court in Riyadh on…

Bangladesh factory owner among those arrested after over 50 workers die locked inside inferno

Hashem Foods Ltd. factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2021. © Reuters /…

Lifting Sri Lanka’s Covid mask to unveil the frightful face of state terror

Waves of brutal police violence directed towards trade union leaders, students, fishermen and farmers in Sri…

UN special rapporteur says Israeli settlements ‘amount to war crime,’ drawing ire from Tel Aviv

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,on…

Unresolved Kashmir dispute threat to global peace: JKMM

Srinagar, July 10 (MS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Mass…

The second coming of Basil Rajapaksa by Javid Yusuf

The appointment of Basil Rajapaksa as Finance Minister last week was overshadowed by the situation arising…

Leaked docs reveal senior MI6 operative implicated in torture led British propaganda efforts in Syria By Kit Klarenberg

Millions was spent clandestinely setting up and paying a network of ‘journalists’ to pump out anti-Assad,…

Stability in Afghanistan is an elusive concept by Yasmeen Aftab Ali

Defining the future of Afghanistan after post-exit U.S forces is a difficult proposition. The Biden government…

Make this an opportunity for reconciliation By M S M Ayub

Youth and Sports Minister and Digital Technology and Enterprise Development State Minister Namal Rajapaksa had made…

A bullish regime’s inability to perceive dissent By Ravi Nagahawatte

Picture shows opposition parliamentarians staging a protest against the present Government’s attempts to suppress dissent (Picture…

Another imperial debacle in Afghanistan, but another bloodbath looms by Ameen Izzadeen

In scenes reminiscent of the United States’ humiliating exit from Saigon at the end of the…

A Monarchy of Family Power

The Basilaagamanaya or the New Rise of Basil Politics is having its immediate impact on the…

Indian govt trying to undermine work of NGOs lending support to Muslims, Dalits

New Delhi, July 09 (KMS): Auditors from the Indian government have been asking NGOs about their…

Israel settlements amount to war crime, UN rights expert says

A general view of Ma’ale Adumim, an illegal Israeli settlement in Jerusalem on 16 March 2021…

Explained: Religions in India, ‘living together separately’ by Kabir Firaque

The Pew Research Center study, ‘Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation’, suggests that most Indians respect…

Dilip Kumar brought extraordinary characters to life with the ordinary magic of empathy by Jerry Pinto

Jerry Pinto writes: Dilip Kumar taught us the power of suggestion and left spaces in his…

Bigger than Basil: The rule of unreason by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka

The crisis is bigger than Basil. So is the GR model. BR could have re-balanced and…

Ministers take the fall for Modi’s sagging image By ANIL SHARMA

Indian Prime Minister revamps government but critics say those fired are scapegoats for leader’s failures JAIPUR…