Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
China’s expanding economic footprint in the Middle East is facing one of its most serious tests in years as escalating conflict around Iran threatens trade routes, energy supplies and billions of dollars
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The war surrounding Iran has pushed global anxiety to levels not seen in decades, raising a blunt and unavoidable question: how does this end? Policymakers, analysts and citizens alike are now confronting
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The geopolitical shockwaves from the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader have reached far beyond Tehran, striking at the heart of a global strategy painstakingly assembled by Xi Jinping over the past
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Tamil Nadu’s politics has long been defined by the dominance of two powerful Dravidian parties, leaving little space for alternative forces to emerge. Since 1967, when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam displaced the
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The question of how many Indians are truly poor has resurfaced with a jolt: is it closer to 75 million or 342 million? The answer is not trivial—it represents a staggering difference
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A baby monkey abandoned by his mother and ignored by his troop at a zoo in Japan is finally beginning to be accepted by other macaques after weeks of concern from zookeepers
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Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating a major dispute between the company and the U.S.
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Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams appeared at London’s High Court on Monday in a civil lawsuit that aims to hold him liable for Irish Republican Army bombings carried out in Britain,
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Iran’s prosecutor general’s office has warned that Iranians living abroad who express support for the United States and Israel could face confiscation of their property and other legal penalties, according to a
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Sri Lanka has announced a nationwide increase in fuel prices, with the revision coming into effect from midnight on March 9. The adjustment was confirmed by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco), the
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For many years Mojtaba Khamenei was a name that circulated mainly inside Iran’s political and security circles rather than in public debate. He rarely appeared on television, did not campaign for political
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Colombo is grappling with a potential energy crisis after the Indian company Trident Chamfer, contracted to supply 25 coal ships for power generation in 2026, has delivered only 13 vessels so far,
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Six of the United States’ leading Senate Democrats on Monday condemned an apparent U.S. military strike on a girls’ school in Minab, a southern province of Iran,
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Sri Lanka is witnessing renewed tensions over land rights in the northern district of Mullaitivu, where Tamil communities allege that their private lands are being illegally seized for salt pan construction. Durairasa
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Global arms transfers reached their highest growth rate since 2011–15, largely driven by soaring demand in Europe. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Europe accounted for 33 percent of
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