Fifteen of the 24 defendants tried over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings were found guilty on Tuesday, while the remaining nine were acquitted and ordered to be released, according to a
A new wave of maritime hijackings in waters off Somalia and Yemen is reviving fears of a return to large-scale piracy in the Horn of Africa, a region that once symbolised one
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As Donald Trump prepares for a closely watched visit to Beijing, public reactions across China reveal a strikingly divided perception of the former US president and the broader relationship between the world’s
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A series of disturbing incidents involving Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon has sparked renewed international concern over conduct in occupied villages, particularly those with historic Christian communities. Reporting drawn from El País
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What began as an excavation in the dry soil of Chemmani has quickly become a development with national importance. The recent discovery of human skeletal remains in the region has created intense
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In a region long shaped by linguistic diversity and political complexity, a university department in northern Sri Lanka is quietly redefining the future of higher education and employment. Speaking in an interview
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna Sri Lanka’s post-war promise remains unfulfilled nearly two decades after the guns fell silent, according to civil society activist Lasantha Mendis, who says the country’s economic collapse
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Few public intellectuals have spent more time analyzing the rise and decline of American global power than Fareed Zakaria. For decades, the Indian-born journalist and geopolitical commentator has occupied a unique position
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At a moment when wars, technological upheaval, climate anxiety and democratic instability dominate headlines across the globe, the search for intellectual clarity has become more urgent than ever. In a recent feature
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Peru’s presidential election has descended into a razor-thin contest for second place, with left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez and far-right contender Rafael López Aliaga separated by just 15,748 votes, according to nearly complete
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María Corina Machado moves through Washington with the intensity of someone who sees history as unfinished business. In an interview with El País, the Venezuelan opposition leader describes a country she believes
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The UK government is preparing to announce the full nationalisation of British Steel in the upcoming King’s Speech, marking a dramatic escalation in state intervention aimed at securing the future of one
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A grieving Minnesota family is at the centre of a growing legal battle that could reshape the global cannabis industry, after the death of their 21-year-old son, who they believe was driven
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The Panama Canal is experiencing a significant surge in revenue, driven by global shipping disruptions linked to the war involving Iran, according to reporting by the Financial Times. Canal authorities say revenues
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A new wave of artificial intelligence startups is turning its attention to India’s vast and linguistically complex digital population, where voice-based communication already dominates daily life. Among them, US-based Wispr Flow is
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A team of researchers in China has developed a catalyst capable of transforming nitrate pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial wastewater into ammonia—the essential chemical building block of urea fertiliser—with nearly three
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