Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
by Yossi Melman No doubt Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar deserved to die. Even in the context and perspective of a terrorist organization he was an exception. Since his twenties as a young
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Warning: This article contains graphic images and descriptions that may be disturbing to some readers. We aim to provide an honest portrayal of the events while respecting the dignity of those affected.
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In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine to impose a settlement after some NATO countries had undermined the Minsk-2 peace agreement for 7 years. On the first day after the invasion, Zelensky confirmed
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The rift between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar has deepened into a first-rate diplomatic crisis with the ‘tit-for-tat’ expulsion of senior diplomats, including the heads of missions.
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After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist Han Seung-won—asked her where she wanted to hold a press conference to talk about the award. She
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Editor’s Note: The following is the editorial from the October 16, 2024, edition of The Island, a Colombo-based daily newspaper. Only the title has been changed; the rest of the content remains
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The Canadian government’s announcement that the activities of the Indian High Commissioner to Canada would be investigated in connection with the murder of a Sikh Canadian citizen has sent shockwaves through India.
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The current administrative arrangements do not seem to have brought the required equality and equity to children with disabilities, nor have they adequately addressed the challenges faced by them, although some headway
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As Pakistan gears up for the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit scheduled for October 15 and 16 in Islamabad, in which nine full members, including China, India, Iran and Russia, are
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The mystery about the hastily-arranged ‘working meeting’ between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday has only deepened after the event. This was their
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Mrs Bandaranaike intended for her son, Anura Bandaranaike, to succeed her as leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). However, SLFP members opposed this due to Anura’s anti-leftist stance. Between 1970
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When India first outlined the nuclear doctrine in a press release of the Cabinet Committee on Security of meeting chaired by the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on January 04,
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What we face today on the global left is a fundamental issue, not just with ideology, but with clarity of purpose. There’s a fixation on the destruction of Israel, a vision rooted
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Sri Lanka, strategically situated in the Indian Ocean, is deeply intertwined with maritime activities. Its location along major shipping routes has made it a critical node for global trade. However, as a
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In the world of diplomacy, optics do matter, and therefore, the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s caustic remarks about what he hopes to achieve — or fails to achieve — in his
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