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
The UK government has unveiled draft legislation that would give ministers sweeping powers to seize control of steel assets under threat of closure. The bill, set to be debated in a rare
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In a haunting reminder of India’s protracted internal conflict, the central government’s militarised approach toward tackling Maoist insurgency in the mineral-rich Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has deepened the marginalisation of the Adivasi
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Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, a significant diplomatic discussion took place between Chinese officials and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, according to Mawurata News, Sinhalese-language weekly publication
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The United States and Iran began high-level, indirect nuclear talks in Muscat on Saturday, in a bid to de-escalate mounting tensions and explore the possibility of renewed negotiations over Tehran’s advancing nuclear
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Argentina has agreed to significantly relax its strict currency controls as part of a landmark $20 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a bold move by President Javier Milei’s administration
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A leading Chinese economist has sounded the alarm over the safety of China’s vast overseas assets, warning that Washington’s intensifying trade measures under President Donald Trump could soon spill over into the
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A sharp decline in European tourism to the United States is raising alarms among travel and hospitality leaders, with industry figures and analysts blaming President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric for creating
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In a move aimed at easing global investor jitters, the Trump administration has excluded smartphones, along with routers and selected computers, from its sweeping new “reciprocal” tariffs—marking a rare moment of restraint
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The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to enable the U.S. to stockpile critical minerals sourced from the deep seabed of the Pacific Ocean, in a strategic move to reduce American
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In a piece evocative of a grandmasters’ duel, The Financial Times recently reflected on the enduring rivalry between two of America’s most formidable Cold War strategists: Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger. More
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China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) revealed on Saturday that a former employee of a military-linked research institute has been sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage, in a case that underscores growing
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The BRICS nations have issued a sharp collective response to the United States’ “reciprocal tariffs” policy, condemning it as a serious threat to global economic stability and a violation of international trade
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The United States’ global stature is under fresh scrutiny after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies triggered a wave of economic volatility and diplomatic fallout, prompting comparisons to Britain’s 1956 Suez Crisis—a
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by Eric In I Am a Part of Infinity, Kieran Fox does something that borders on the sacred—he resurrects the forgotten soul of one of the most revered minds in scientific history.
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by Nil Douglas Waller’s The Determined Spy is an incisive, meticulously researched, and moving portrait of Frank G. Wisner, a pivotal figure in the early years of the CIA. While the subtitle
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