by Luxman Aravind Rajapaksas are in trouble. As our columnist Durga Velayudham noted in yesterday’s column, a confrontation is unfolding between politically motivated Buddhist monk groups and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),
Yesterday, a French appeals court shortened a ban on far-right leader Marine Le Pen seeking public office, effectively allowing her to stand in the 2027 presidential election. Hours after the verdict was
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The Hamas announced on July 6, 2026 that it is relinquishing its rule of the Gaza Strip. Is Hamas doing this to preserve its political survival and military capabilities? There is consensus after the
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Stand in a Chinese metropolis like Beijing, and the visual contrast is immediate. Ancient cultural relics sit alongside hyper-modern skyscrapers, compressing centuries into a single frame. But step away from the tourist
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By the time security forces secure the site of an attack in Balochistan, another battle is often already underway. Within minutes, videos appear on social media, statements circulate across encrypted messaging platforms,
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Gurpreet Singh aka Goldy Rajpura aka Goldy Dhillon, a foreign-based gangster and close associate of Canada-based gangster and designated terrorist Satinderjit Singh aka Goldy Brar, was arrested in Madrid, Spain, on July 3, 2026, by Spanish authorities acting
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Delhi’s attempt to play the Shia card to moderate the Iranian disquiet over our ‘forever honeymoon’ with the Israel-UAE-Bahrain axis failed to impress Tehran. It was a clumsy attempt but was, arguably,
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A quarter century ago, few predicted that China would become as powerful as quickly as it has and is today. Indeed, the 2000 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Global Trends 2015 report argued that China
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In bold strokes: Whose Parliament? Whose Memory? Bangladesh’s memory—not America’s. On 4 July 2026, Bangladesh’s Parliament was thrust onto a historic crossroads, where the price of forgetting its sacred past became immeasurably
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The Western border of Pakistan has become one of the busiest battlegrounds in the war against terrorism in the region. For years, Pakistan has been claiming that the terrorist groups strike inside
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Launched by China in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has evolved into the world’s most ambitious infrastructure and development programme. It spans 150 countries, encompassing ports, railways, energy pipelines, digital
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The resurgence of armed confrontations between the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) signals the re-emergence of one of Manipur’s most enduring intra-Naga rivalries. Although both
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On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
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On June 29, 2026, eight people were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its student’s body Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS),
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White liberals have been working for many decades teaching that all white ethnics are racists. They have been as successful in teaching white people to see themselves as racists as they have been
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Diplomacy is often communicated as much through absence as through presence. State funerals are among the few occasions where protocol itself becomes a form of political signaling. The rank of the representative
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