Far from consolidating military authority, the coup of 1975 ushered in a brutal power struggle within its ranks.

The issue is very clear, as The Guardian(UK) reported on March 25: despite its scale, 85% of Britons today do not know the full extent of Britain’s involvement in the slave trade. Over three million ...

Last week the UK government imposed sanctions on Generals Shavendra Silva and Jagath Jayasuriya, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, and former deputy leader of the LTTE Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan.

“Gaza’s bakeries will run out of flour for bread within a week,” the United Nations (UN) says. Agencies have cut food distributions to families in half. Markets are empty of most vegetables.

As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...

Bengaluru: Whether it’s scorching heat or sudden rains, thousands of daily wage workers in Bengaluru continue their toil, ...

Living through the Second World War, the Bengal famine and the desperate political situation in the 1940s, he joined IPTA (Indian Peoples Theater Association) and became a member of the communist ...

Cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that provide food for schools and food banks have communities across the ...

'Our aspiration is for a parliament run by elected representatives who are accountable to the people,' says BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud ...

Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake ...