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
A senior official from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Japan is being used as a transshipment point by drug-trafficking organizations seeking to evade detection, arguing that commercial shipments entering the United
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This report is based on field reporting originally published by El País, which documents a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and political situation across Cuba, where daily life in neighborhoods of Centro Habana has
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The renewed controversy over Britain’s military presence in Cyprus has been triggered by the wider war involving Iran and a drone attack on the British base at Akrotiri, an installation in the
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A new investigation by the ISGlobal health institute has delivered a stark warning about the future of international development cooperation, estimating that more than 11.5 million avoidable deaths could occur by 2030
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Tulsi Gabbard resigned on Friday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, becoming the fourth Cabinet-level official to leave the administration during Trump’s second term. In a resignation letter posted on
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The International Maritime Organization has adopted the world’s first global safety code for autonomous commercial ships, marking a historic shift in global shipping regulation while warning of escalating risks in the Strait
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China’s top economic planning agency has publicly denied accusations that Beijing is pressuring domestic technology firms to reject foreign investment, pushing back against growing international concern that the country is erecting new
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Singapore is positioning itself to capture the next wave of growth from China’s expanding economy, with Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong declaring that Chinese investment and technological transformation are opening new opportunities
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An investigation reported by the Jerusalem Post details how Israel’s expanding artificial intelligence targeting infrastructure is reshaping the battlefield, turning digital traces from phones and surveillance networks into what critics describe as
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The Soufan Center notes Israel and the government of Lebanon are expanding direct talks to include a military “track,” even as Beirut refuses to order its armed forces to confront Hezbollah. The
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Editorial The disappearance of 42 ancient paintings from Sri Lanka’s National Art Gallery is not a bureaucratic accounting error. It is a cultural alarm bell ringing in a country that already seems
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The glamour of the Cannes Film Festival took on a deeply political tone this week as acclaimed Spanish actress Penélope Cruz delivered a stark message about gender inequality and LGBTQ+ rights during
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A cache of newly declassified American intelligence records has opened a rare window into the hidden world of Cold War-era UFO investigations, revealing extraordinary encounters tracked by military radar systems across multiple
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued one of his strongest assurances yet that the island nation will not slide back into the kind of economic catastrophe that toppled former leader
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued a strong warning to states over the ongoing involuntary return of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers, calling the practice a violation
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