The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
On India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alluded to India’s strategic sovereignty (autonomy) while dealing with US tariffs, while honouring Op Sindoor, a non-contact undeclared war. Britain had ruled over
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For the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1982, Bolivia’s presidential election will go to a runoff after no candidate secured the required absolute majority in the first-round vote on Aug.
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President Trump has offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky security guarantees which Mr. Trump describes as “like Article V” of the NATO Treaty. Zelensky has apparently signed onto the Trump offer and potentially
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On August 13, 2025, a senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Arun aka Varun aka Nilesh Madkam, a CPI-Maoist ‘area commander’ hailing from Ka Enta village under Konta Police Station limits in the Sukma District
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On August 12, 2025, Manipur Police arrested Elangbam Bijeshwori Devi (22), an active cadre of the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-PRO), from the Hiyanglam Awang Leikai area of the Kakching District
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Sri Lanka is not an exception to the global trend of politicising and radicalising Muslim communities in response to conflicts unfolding far beyond its borders. Events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and now
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The UAE, the United Arab Emirates, is a cancer spreading in Africa. This cancer has infected much of east Africa and is spreading into northern, central and western parts of the continent. The
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When Mahinda was at his peak, having won the 2010 presidential and general elections, an astrologer made a prediction: Mahinda would one day meet his end at the hands of a woman.
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The government and its opponents are gearing up for the upcoming no-faith motion against Deputy Minister of Defence Maj. Gen. (retd.) Aruna Jayasekera. It is certainly a bout above the Opposition’s weight
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What do we make of it? A good result came of it. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it was more important to work toward a permanent
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If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire. Here
More If you were watching the US “news” channels (I put that word in parentheses to emphasize sarcasm), the build up to the press conference was the equivalent of a virgin waiting for
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Haidar Eid is a Palestinian professor who used to teach postcolonial and postmodern literature at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. That university no longer exists thanks to the missiles and the Zionist minds
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It has been a long time since a diplomatic event drew as much global attention as Friday’s meeting between the Russian and US presidents in Alaska. In terms of its significance for
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The last time I was in Washington DC I came out of my downtown hotel near the White House and asked the doorman which way to walk to a certain restaurant. ‘Turn left
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