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
It is entirely understandable that, after such a long and bloody conflict—not to mention the ongoing genocide now entering its ‘final phase‘—the hastily arranged Trump–Putin summit in Alaska has caught many off
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The famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci seems to have been written for the moment humanity is currently experiencing: “The old is dying, and the new cannot be born. In
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It was astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa (20 years old) on 3 August 2025 inside Israel’s Magiddo prison. Just months earlier , reports emerged that Israeli forces had killed another Palestinian
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Yesterday President Trump in his public statements validated my conclusion that Trump does not know what the Russian position is and that he is going to the meeting to find out what
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Zelensky’s maximalist position, supported by the UK, France and Germany, is at odds with public opinion in Ukraine. A new, dramatic Gallup Poll makes clear that Zelensky and his hardline clique don’t
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15. They had spoken many times over the phone, and though there were
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I meant what I said and said what I meant: an elephant is faithful one hundred percent. ~ Dr. Seuss World Elephant Day falls on 12 August each year. Elephants, like the
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Remarks by the author at a panel discussion on the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, held in aid of the Peter Weerasekara Children’s Home, Yakkala. The event took place at the International Women’s Club
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On August 5, 2025, Martin Kerketta, the ‘supremo’ cum ‘area commander’ of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was killed during an encounter in the Changabadi Bantoli Forest area under Kamdara
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On August 9, 2025, a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, Sepoy Jehangir Khan, was killed by unidentified assailants in the Mir Hazar Khanzadkhel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Jehangir
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In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared
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This year, the United Kingdom’s intelligence services marked a significant turning point in their distinguished history. Last week, the nation mourned the passing of Dame Stella Rimington, the first female Director General
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On August 5 2019, India revoked Article 370 unilaterally, repealing the constitutional autonomy of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a provision based on the 1949 settlement of the disputed accession
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“If you had been here on that day and at that hour, if you had seen the hell that opened up on Earth before our eyes, if you had even a glimpse
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This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombings—80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 120 national representatives gathered in Hiroshima this year to solemnly
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