An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has concluded discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on the country’s seventh review under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the 2026 Article IV Consultation,
Renewed hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have shaken Lebanon’s fragile stability, threatening to drag the country into sustained conflict long after the broader Iran war subsides. The violence, a direct spillover from
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March 2026 has seen an unprecedented surge in attacks across the Eastern Mediterranean and the South Caucasus, with Iran and its proxies reportedly striking key military and energy targets in Azerbaijan, Türkiye,
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Global trade flows are more entangled with China than ever before. A recent survey of international import patterns shows that 128 countries now source at least 10% of their goods imports from
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Ali Larijani is a figure of stark contradictions. He is at once a philosopher deeply versed in Kant and a politician accused of orchestrating some of the bloodiest crackdowns in modern Iranian
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For more than a decade, West Germany allegedly transferred enormous sums to Israel to fund its nuclear program, a secret uncovered in investigations reported by Haaretz. Between 1961 and 1973, Bonn provided
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Hamas has called on Iran to refrain from targeting neighboring countries, marking the group’s first public commentary on Iranian military strategy. While maintaining solidarity with Tehran, Hamas emphasized that Iran has the
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Nepal’s recent electoral shift has sent shockwaves across the region, replacing entrenched parties with leaders whose ideologies, intentions, and alliances remain uncertain. While the outgoing establishment is clear, the incoming leadership poses
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As the world watches tensions flare in the Strait of Hormuz, the economic consequences of geopolitical brinkmanship are becoming impossible to ignore. Iran’s recent maneuvers to restrict shipping in this vital waterway
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In February 2026, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath embarked on a high-profile international tour, visiting Singapore from February 23-24 and Japan from February 25-26, with the explicit aim of attracting foreign
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On March 1, 2026, Dalip Singh, a 25-year-old from a small village in Rajasthan, was working aboard the MV Skylight, a Palau-flagged tanker operating under Iran’s “shadow fleet.” Anchored five miles north
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Colombo-based Sunday Morning reports that Sri Lanka was unexpectedly thrust into the center of escalating hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States, after a US Navy submarine torpedoed the Iranian warship
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Between 1956 and 1963, Britain, with the approval of the Australian government, detonated seven atomic bombs in the remote Maralinga desert of South Australia. While often described as a barren testing ground,
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M.A. Sumanthiran, President’s Counsel and General Secretary of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), has called on the Indian government to grant citizenship to Eelam Tamil refugees who have lived in India
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Following his participation in the “Transforming Transportation” Conference 2026.03, held on March 10–11 in Washington DC and organized by the World Bank team, Sri Lankan Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura
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Google has announced a sweeping upgrade to Google Maps that integrates its Gemini artificial intelligence models with the platform’s global mapping data, introducing a conversational feature called Ask Maps and a redesigned
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