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
Following a dramatic purge of top generals, Xi is now overseeing the five-yearly reshuffle of party and state positions, affecting hundreds of thousands of jobs across China. The process begins at the
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As the United States enters the fifth week of military operations in Iran, President Donald Trump faces mounting political pressure, with his approval rating dropping to 36% amid rising fuel prices and
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Taiwan’s main opposition leader, Cheng Li-Wun, is scheduled to visit mainland China from April 7 to 12 in a high-profile diplomatic move that comes amid escalating regional tensions and ahead of U.S.
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by Durga Velayudham Diplomacy is not courtesy dressed in fine language; it is power performed with a smile. As Niccolò Machiavelli made brutally clear in The Prince, rulers who depend on affection
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Sri Lanka is staring at a potential electricity crisis as critically low water levels in key reservoirs threaten to disrupt hydropower generation, even as the government faces mounting political turmoil over a
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Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $14 trillion under management, delivered a stark warning about the global economy amid the ongoing conflict in Iran in
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The Middle East is witnessing a dramatic escalation in conflict that shows little sign of abating, nearly a month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran. According to
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Hodmezovasarhely – Under a sky lit by the flicker of hundreds of flaming torches, Peter Magyar, the 45-year-old leader of Hungary’s Tisza Party, energizes a jubilant crowd with a simple, haunting chant:
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The recent arson attack on four ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London is more than a shocking act of violence; it is a symptom of a disturbing and growing trend
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The road to Tibú, the capital of Colombia’s Catatumbo region, is more than a journey—it is a trial. After nearly five hours of jolting along a road riddled with potholes, the bus
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Eurozone government bonds are experiencing one of their most turbulent months in a decade, with borrowing costs for several countries climbing to multiyear highs as investors react to the economic fallout of
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As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue to target Iran’s command centers, nuclear sites, and ballistic missile infrastructure, military experts caution that the current campaign underscores the inherent limitations of aerial warfare. According
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Newly released images circulating online appear to show a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft destroyed in an Iranian missile strike at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on Friday. Analysts
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Professor Wasantha Athukorala of the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Peradeniya has revealed a significant decline in the country’s school population over the past seven years. Between 2019
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The government of Sri Lanka has spent Rs. 1,684.53 million on a feasibility study and land acquisition aimed at expanding the Sapugaskanda refinery and building a second refinery to bolster energy security,
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