The vibrant city of Los Angeles descended into chaos as protests over aggressive immigration raids spiraled into riots. The unrest happens to be the city’s worst civil disturbances since the 1992 Rodney King riots.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar embarked on a week-long visit to France, the European Union, and Belgium, to strengthen bilateral relations and reaffirm India’s firm stance against terrorism.

Lee Jae Myung, Democratic Party leader and liberal lawyer and liberal lawyer, has sworn in as South Korea’s 21st president following snap elections triggered by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, his predecessor.

Israel’s fragile right-wing coalition government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently on the verge of major turmoil.

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal or the ICT has formally indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of mass murder and crimes against humanity. The charges are based on her alleged role in orchestrating a violent suppression on students in the student led protests between July and August of 2024 resulting in around 1,400 deaths (including students, police and common peopl), according to a UN human rights report.

One of his brothers was a freedom fighter against the British while another sibling was shot to death, Ngugi Wa Thinog’o found his home destroyed when one day he returned  from school.  The population had been herded to a “protected village” set up by the British to cement control on their colonial subjects. 

But instead of picking up arms following the example of his brothers Ngugi used his pen all his life to express his protest against inhumanity. The topics of his writings were  all around him.