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
U.S. and Israeli discussions about regime change targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been acknowledged by top analysts as unlikely to succeed and potentially counterproductive. Ray Takeyh, an Iran expert
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As the Trump administration considers direct involvement in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, attention has turned to the profound influence wielded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) over key U.S. policymakers.
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Qatar has sounded the alarm over growing threats to its energy infrastructure after Israeli strikes reportedly hit the Iranian portion of the world’s largest natural gas field, which spans the maritime border
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President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan quietly attempted to arrange high-level talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Istanbul this week, in a last-ditch effort to prevent U.S. military
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Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for sweeping reforms of the global institution he once led, warning that the growing trend of unilateralism—particularly from powerful nations—is weakening the United
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Nearly six years after the U.S. government placed Huawei Technologies on a trade blacklist, the Chinese tech giant has made a remarkable comeback in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) chips —
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Elon Musk’s foray into U.S. politics appears to be faltering under the weight of controversy, corporate backlash, and dwindling public support, according to a comprehensive report by the South China Morning Post.
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In a stunning turn of events, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has released prominent opposition leader Sergei Tsikhanouski and more than a dozen political prisoners and journalists in a deal brokered by former
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Mira Murati, former chief technology officer of OpenAI, has raised a staggering $2 billion for her new artificial intelligence start-up, Thinking Machines Lab, in one of Silicon Valley’s largest-ever seed funding rounds.
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A major diplomatic rift has emerged between the United States and Japan, as Tokyo abruptly cancelled high-level security talks in response to a fresh U.S. demand for a sharp increase in Japanese
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Escalating conflict between Iran and Israel has sent shockwaves through European energy markets, propelling diesel and jet fuel prices to their highest levels in over a year. Traders are increasingly concerned about
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Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, informed the UN Security Council on Friday that while radiation levels outside the Natanz complex remain within normal limits, the interior of the facility is
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by Huan Yuping Modernization is a shared aspiration of China and Central Asian countries. At a time when the century-defining transformation is accelerating across the globe, with multiple risks compounding one another,
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has sounded a stark warning about the continuing fall in global foreign direct investment (FDI), calling for urgent international action to prevent long-term
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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra publicly apologised on Thursday following the leak of a private phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that has triggered a deepening political crisis and brought
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