Nearly three decades after Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a Paris car crash while being pursued by paparazzi, her brother Charles Spencer has reopened some of the most contentious arguments surrounding
by a Special Political Commentator in Colombo Ah, if George Orwell were to rise from the dead and see what’s happening in Sri Lanka today, he’d surely scratch his head in disbelief.
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In March 2025, the BYC faced a severe crackdown from authorities, resulting in the arrests of key leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch in Quetta and Sammi Deen Baloch in Karachi. After a
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These are not laws. They are not treaties. They are Memoranda of Understanding—unsigned by Parliament, concealed from the public, and disguised in diplomatic jargon. Yet, their impact threatens to shape Sri Lanka’s
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Taiwan’s top national security official, Joseph Wu, has arrived in the United States for a series of secret high-level meetings with the Trump administration, as China intensifies its military activity around the
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Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has launched a blistering attack on current leader Javier Milei, accusing him of naïveté in his dealings with Washington and comparing him unfavorably to Ukraine’s
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China will impose an additional 34 percent tariff on all US-origin goods, effective April 10, in retaliation to the US government’s newly announced “reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese imports, the Customs Tariff Commission
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by a Special Political Commentator in Colombo Oh, what a time to be alive when someone so profoundly disconnected from reality decides to take up the mantle of “economic expert” and bless
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Washington has imposed a strict ban on U.S. diplomatic personnel, their family members, and contractors with security clearances, prohibiting them from engaging in any form of “romantic and sexual relations” with Chinese
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The proposed hydrographic cooperation agreement between India and Sri Lanka, initiated by the previous regime, has ignited serious debate, with growing concerns over its potential to erode Sri Lanka’s control over its
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A former State Department official has raised serious allegations against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), claiming the agency was involved in illicit drug networks. Mike Benz, who served in
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French President Emmanuel Macron has urged French companies to halt investments in the United States in response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. In a statement, Macron emphasized the need for
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Hungary has officially initiated the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it the only EU member and NATO country, besides the US and Turkey, to take such a
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, with identifying countries willing to accept large numbers of Palestinians displaced from Gaza, according to Israeli officials cited by
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Newly declassified U.S. documents have revealed that Washington and Tokyo went to great lengths in 1996 to keep the existence of a CIA station in Japan secret, fearing that disclosure would damage
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is reportedly considering a bid for the role of United Nations Secretary-General as António Guterres’ tenure nears its conclusion in 2026. Grossi, an
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