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Sri Lanka Parliament. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s Parliament will debate a nearly three-decade-old report probing allegations of unlawful detention, torture, and extrajudicial killings by the State between 1988 and 1990, the ruling National People’s Power [NPP] government has said. Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake on Friday (March 14, 2025) tabled the … Read more
Supporters welcome students from across Serbia as they converge in the capital Belgrade for mass protests over the fatal November 2024 Novi Sad railway station roof collapse, in Belgrade, Serbia March 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters A deafening sound of whistles and vuvuzelas echoed throughout downtown Belgrade on Saturday (March 15, 2025) as Serbia’s … Read more
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC), with his lawyer Salvador Medialdea seated at the venue, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared on Friday (March 14, 2025) by videoconference before … Read more
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to “keep the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to “keep the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine. In … Read more
Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Sri Lanka early next month to finalise agreements reached during President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to Delhi last year, a Minister said on Saturday (March 15, 2025). Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath made the statement … Read more
People stand in front of pictures of hostages, kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, during the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Hamas said on Saturday (March 15, 2025) that it would only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of … Read more
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on March 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Saturday (March 15, 2025) its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken the lead, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, in assembling the “coalition of the willing” in part to persuade Mr. Trump to maintain support for Kyiv. File | Photo Credit: Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is convening a second meeting of global leaders Saturday (March 15, 2025) to … Read more
Mekhri feels “a sense of freedom and self-confidence” when she’s behind the wheel of a car — despite being forced to drive illegally because of an unwritten rule preventing women getting a licence. In Turkmenistan, the reclusive Central Asian state where she lives, young women are effectively banned from driving. “I know the rules of … Read more
A divisional secretariat at the Mihintale village marks a tally sheet after counting monkeys as he conducts a census in Anuradhapura on March 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on Saturday (March 15, 2025) to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain … Read more