The sweeping U.S. indictments unsealed this week should serve as a moment of reckoning for Canada. For years, extortion, targeted shootings, gang violence and political intimidation linked to India-based organized crime networks have spread across Canadian cities. Business owners have reported threats demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars. Homes and businesses have been sprayed with bullets. Vehicles have been torched. ...

A growing political controversy has engulfed FIFA after dozens of members of the European Parliament called for an investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his alleged role in overturning the suspension of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun. The lawmakers have raised concerns that political pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump may have influenced FIFA’s decision, prompting renewed scrutiny of the ...

In what experts are calling “another productive day for the nation’s most online retiree who somehow still has a full-time job,” U.S. President Donald Trump spent Sunday posting a digitally altered image of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama boarding a graffiti-covered Air Force One. The image, which featured slogans including “Yes We Can,” “BLM,” and ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has been reclassified as an Upper Middle-Income country by the World Bank Group, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s economic recovery following years of financial turmoil. The upgrade comes after the country recorded a 5% real GDP growth in 2025, reflecting stronger macroeconomic performance and renewed growth momentum. The World Bank Group classifies economies into four ...