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),
The ethnic conflict that erupted in Manipur in May 2023 was initially characterised as a confrontation between the Meitei community, concentrated in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribes inhabiting the surrounding
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As reported on June 4, 2026, the Taliban security command in Herat Province announced that two-armed robbers were killed following a clash with members of the group in the Injil District. On
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Xi Jinping’s arrival in Pyongyang on 8 June, his first in nearly seven years, is precisely that kind of visit: the visit of a patron who suspects, with some justification, that his
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A nation’s decision to change itself within is an act of a certain determination. In the last few decades, Pakistan has gone through an unnoticeable but not unimpressible evolution in its approach
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On May 30, 2026, the governments of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir sat down with the Joint Awami Action Committee in a high-stakes negotiation aimed at defusing tension before the June
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Politics is not merely a contest for office; it is a contest for legitimacy, authority, and historical continuity. Throughout history, there have been moments when constitutional legitimacy and popular legitimacy converged in
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In the past, the world has witnessed youth with high ideals wanting to plunge into public life with the aim of turning the world upside down, to achieve conditions where exploitation is
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There is a version of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) story that goes untold amid the noise of strikes, long marches and shutdown calls. It is the story of a federal government
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Now it’s very unfair, and Republicans, judges and justices, they always want to show that they’re independent… “I don’t care if Trump appointed me. I don’t care if he doesn’t make any
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There is a genre of writing immune to journalistic standards in gathering evidence, retaining balance and complete disclosure. It is the opinion piece. In its honest form, it declares a position and
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Viewed through the security lens, every report carries weight—because in the international power struggle, intentions are rarely transparent. Startling revelations from a Tamil Nadu–based media outlet point to a secret meeting in
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InSight Crime, a thinktank which claims to fuse “investigative journalism with academic rigor,” accuses Nicaragua’s government of “hiring assassins” to hunt down and kill opponents abroad. This bold accusation is based on
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Guns have fallen silent along the Af-Pak border after deadly clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, with only limited skirmishes continuing. The ceasefire maintaining this fragile calm along the border remains precarious,
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When India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance last year, attention naturally focused on the diplomatic and legal consequences of the decision. Yet the more consequential question may lie elsewhere:
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It was the handiwork of the Washington establishment and its circle of domestic confederates! Few political controversies have exposed the inner workings of Bangladesh’s recent past interim administration ran by Muhammad Yunus’s
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