Sri Lanka’s legislative process is facing serious shortcomings, while many parliamentarians are voting on bills without fully understanding their contents, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche has said. Addressing
Hong Kong has announced plans to file a complaint against the United States’ newly imposed tariffs with the World Trade Organization (WTO), after Beijing’s retaliatory levies on American goods took effect. Hong
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In a courtroom in Chautauqua County, New York, Sir Salman Rushdie gave a poignant and harrowing testimony, recounting the brutal attack that left him with severe injuries, including the loss of vision
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Turmeric, a staple in Indian cuisine, has long been celebrated for its vibrant yellow hue and unique flavor. However, recent studies have uncovered surprising health benefits that go beyond its culinary uses,
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As the popularity of prescription weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro continues to rise, so do reports of severe side effects, including a troubling new concern: blindness. Recent evidence is raising alarms
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The 9th edition of the multinational maritime exercise Aman 2025, hosted by the Pakistan Navy, came to a spectacular conclusion today in the Northern Arabian Sea with
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has voiced concerns about the dangers of a unipolar world order, echoing remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his historic 2007 Munich speech. In
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Editorial Justice in Sri Lanka is no longer a sacred ideal—it has been auctioned off to the highest bidder. The very profession sworn to uphold the law has become a grotesque marketplace
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In a significant step towards bolstering regional security and military cooperation, Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) met with Indian Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh on February
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The UK government is facing increasing scrutiny over its failure to produce updated estimates on the country’s illegal migrant population, with the last official Home Office estimate dating back to 2005. According
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A Chinese balloon, which drifted across the United States in 2023 and was widely believed to be engaged in espionage, has been found to contain sophisticated American-made technology capable of intelligence gathering,
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At the AI Action Summit in Paris, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, called artificial intelligence the “biggest shift of our lifetimes,” asserting that AI will be a game-changer,
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During Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, President Trump unveiled a controversial plan for Gaza, one that even the Israeli prime minister refrained from suggesting. Trump’s proposal, which includes the mass transfer of
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China’s marriage rate has plummeted to its lowest level in more than four decades, with just 6.1 million couples marrying in 2024. This marks a 20% drop from the 7.7 million marriages
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The Church of England’s General Synod was shaken on Monday by a failed attempt to prevent Archbishop of York, the Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell, from addressing the church’s parliament. In a dramatic
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Britain’s colonial rule in Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s was not an exercise in neutral governance but a calculated and systemic effort to enable Zionist colonization at the expense of the
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