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
America’s actions in Venezuela, coupled with Europe’s acquiescence, mark an open reversion to colonialist militarism. For much of the post-Cold War era, Western power operated through deniability. Coercion was cloaked in the
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History will record US President Trump’s move to invade Venezuela, arrest its President and his wife, and forcibly take them to the US to face trial in a US court, as one
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On December 26, 2025, a 15-year-old Hindu girl, Premi Bhil was abducted from Tando Jan Muhammad town in the Mirpur Khas District of Sindh Province. She was forcibly converted to Islam, renamed
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On December 29, 2025, the Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) dismantled an Islamist extremist module linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), an offshoot of the Bangladesh-based Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), with
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As Donald Trump once again resorts to threats, pressure, and performative declarations of support for the Iranian people, a familiar question resurfaces in global discourse: Can Iran be defeated? In current global
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Sunday Morning, Colombo US President Donald Trump’s policies battered the global order in ways that were mirrored, if not eclipsed, by the devastation wrought by the
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After almost six months of a US large-scale air-naval offensive against Iran’s underground nuclear reactors to reassert its security credibility in the Middle East, following Israel’s strikes in Qatar that crossed the
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In a pivotal moment for Pakistan’s economic trajectory, the government has launched the Prime Minister’s Economic Governance Reforms, marking a shift from macroeconomic stabilization to a growth-oriented, reform-driven framework. The reform agenda,
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Before J. R. Jayewardene left on a state visit to the United States at the invitation of then President Ronald Reagan, he received a questionnaire from Washington. It asked about his favourite
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Nicolás Maduro was the head of the Venezuelan dictatorship, but his removal signals the coming liquidation not only of the Venezuelan cartels and thugs, but has a dramatic immediate impact on Cuba.
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There is only one word to describe the US attacks on Venezuela. That word is criminal. It is the only word that describes the act of invading another nation and kidnapping its
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The one thing man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by a World Government,
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After almost four years of coup, Myanmar has held elections, which, by definition, do not appear to be free and fair and were just held to legitimise military rule. The most important
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Speculation is rife about a possible attempt by the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) to take control of the 10-member Constitutional Council (CC). The only way to take command of the CC
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Two quotes, separated by four years, show how profoundly global politics has shifted. The first reads: “The United States of America shall undertake to prevent further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty
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