Editorial Donald Trump may have succeeded in making himself the centre of American politics, but Barack Obama has just demonstrated that he remains one of the few Democrats capable of challenging him
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran have reached a preliminary peace agreement, marking a major diplomatic shift in a conflict that has disrupted global energy flows, reshaped
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Former President and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Sri Lanka is heading towards a severe economic crisis, alleging that the current administration is steering the country towards
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A significant contradiction has emerged between the position taken by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and arguments previously advanced by the Attorney General’s Department regarding the mental
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On February 15, 2026, the bulk carrier Grumant (IMO: 9385879) was captured in satellite imagery docked at the occupied Ukrainian port of Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula. The vessel appeared to have
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“In the age of misinformation, the line between fact and fiction is blurrier than ever,” the Abu Dhabi-registered video news agency Viory declared in a LinkedIn post in April 2026, framing its
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by Durga Velayudham It is often said that governments reveal their true character not in the promises they make, but in the instruments they choose to preserve once power is secured. On
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At the start of the 21st century, social democracy stood at the heart of European political life. According to an analysis published by EL PAÍS, nearly 70 percent of European Union citizens
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The streets of Geneva became the stage for a sweeping display of political anger and social unrest on the eve of a G-7 summit set to take place in nearby Évian-les-Bains. What
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The global market for public debt is entering a phase of strain shaped by war spending, pandemic-era stimulus, and persistent inflation, with developed economies moving toward debt levels last seen in the
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Switzerland is moving toward rejecting a proposal to impose a constitutional cap limiting its population to 10 million people by the year 2050, according to early projections published by Swiss media following
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The United States military has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as “Niño Guerrero,” in what President Donald Trump described as a “fast and lethal military strike” carried out by US Southern
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As regional conflict continues to intensify following the outbreak of the Iran war, a parallel escalation is unfolding in the occupied West Bank, where violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities has
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The arrest of a 19-year-old Norwegian in a hotel room in northern England has cast fresh light on a growing security concern across Europe: the convergence of organized crime, proxy warfare, and
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Europe’s terrorist threat landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from the era of large-scale attacks orchestrated by internationally connected extremist organizations and toward a more diffuse, complex, and difficult-to-detect pattern
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French rabbi and author Delphine Horvilleur has said that Jews “have learned from history that they will never find peace,” in a wide-ranging interview published by El País, where she reflects on
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