Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the award of a major aviation fuel infrastructure contract to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited, covering the construction of facilities to transport aviation fuel from Muthurajawela
On a day like this, 40 years ago, a call was made for brave and patriotic young men to step forward to safeguard the Nation. Out of 1,039 applicants, only 35 outstanding
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Editor’s note: The following excerpts are based on remarks by Lei, a commentator who says she was born in communist China, studied in the United States during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests,
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An international team of archaeologists and scientists has uncovered the first direct chemical evidence of anaesthetic use on ancient surgical instruments, offering remarkable new insight into the sophistication of medical practices in
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Myanmar’s military rulers have opened a new phase in the country’s brutal civil war, launching coordinated offensives across several strategically vital border regions in an effort to regain territory lost to rebel
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The warnings had been dramatic. Weeks before thousands gathered in the Czech city of Brno for the annual Sudeten German Day, politicians and activists predicted chaos, rebellion and even flames in the
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The Catholic Church has long struggled with a painful modern reality: much of the world, especially in the West, no longer listens to it with the authority it once commanded. There was
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Britain operated a vast covert propaganda apparatus during the Cold War that manipulated international media, forged political material, and secretly influenced journalists across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, according to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a striking disclosure that has reignited discussion around the final moments of Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, former Army Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has stated that
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Editorial The rapid circulation of the so-called “cockroach” political satire movement across South Asian social media—from India into Pakistan within days—offers a clear signal about how political communication now works: it no
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China has moved aggressively to counter a European Union investigation into Chinese security equipment maker Nuctech, marking the first use of Beijing’s newly introduced legal framework designed to resist what it considers
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A growing political storm is engulfing Argentina and Bolivia after allegations emerged that President Javier Milei’s government used military aircraft to send riot-control equipment to Bolivia while publicly presenting the operation as
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sharp and emotionally charged attack on Japan’s expanding military posture during his summit with former US President Donald Trump in Beijing, according to details first reported
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A cybersecurity chief executive who refuses to connect to airport Wi-Fi is drawing attention to the growing dangers facing the global digital economy. According to a profile published by Business Times, Patrick
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Israel has significantly expanded the area of the Gaza Strip under its control, deepening its military presence and reinforcing a shifting internal boundary known as the “yellow line,” according to people familiar
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Between May 14 and May 20 Russia repositioned five of six recently launched Cosmos military satellites (Cosmos 2610, 2611, 2612, 2613, 2614 ) from an orbital inclination of 97.0 degrees to 97.8 degrees, putting
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