Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
Editorial If there is a single sentence that captures the gravity of Sri Lanka’s latest public finance scandal, it is buried not in a political speech or parliamentary debate, but in the
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has moved decisively to remove one of the most senior figures within his own political circle as his administration seeks to draw a line under a corruption scandal
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For the principal of a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, the morning began not with the sound of explosions overhead but with a decision to protect her students. Shortly
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The view from Ahmed Alafi’s home stretches across Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to the snow-capped mountains beyond, but the former Hezbollah operative can no longer see it. The explosion that changed his life
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Foreign correspondents working in China say pressure, surveillance and intimidation have become embedded in their daily work, with nearly all respondents to a new survey concluding that reporting conditions in the country
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A years-long online forum that amassed millions of users by hosting and monetising alleged non-consensual intimate images has been taken offline after an investigation by Bellingcat and New Zealand news outlet The
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The Indian government’s response to the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests and activist Sonam Wangchuk’s indefinite hunger strike has become the focus of a detailed political analysis published by Frontline India, which
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Summary: Why do billions of people care so deeply about games whose outcomes have no direct effect on their lives? Beginning with the tension of watching a World Cup Final, Martina Moneke argues
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Christopher Nolan has spent more than two decades building one of the most influential filmographies in contemporary cinema while revealing remarkably little about himself. Despite directing some of the century’s most discussed
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“For the enemy to be recognised and feared, he has to be in your home or on your doorstep.” ~ Umberto Eco (The Prague Cemetery) The Tamil enemy and the Muslim enemy
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Months after a fragile ceasefire temporarily slowed direct military confrontation, signs are mounting that the United States and Iran could be moving toward another phase of open conflict. Escalating military exchanges, increasingly
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s first official visit to Washington since taking office in May unfolded as far more than a routine diplomatic engagement. Across meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, members
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The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across Asia is driving an equally dramatic surge in electricity demand, forcing governments, energy providers and technology companies to confront an increasingly difficult reality: the infrastructure
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled a new international organization aimed at shaping the future of artificial intelligence, presenting it as a platform for global cooperation while highlighting the increasingly visible geopolitical
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Editorial There is a maxim older than the Prevention of Terrorism Act, older than Sri Lanka’s constitution, older even than the Vatican’s claim to stand as conscience-keeper of nations: he who seeks
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