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
by Durga Velayudham A moment after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent address to the nation on the calamity facing the country due to Cyclone Ditwah, a grotesque spectacle unfolded online—one that once
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Archaeologists have revived the ancient voices of Neolithic Catalonia by analysing and playing conch-shell trumpets that were once used across settlements, caves and mining complexes between the late fifth and early fourth
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Editorial Sri Lanka continues to suffer from the havoc of a disaster that every credible warning had foretold, yet the government chose to sidestep. President Dissanayake, emerging almost 72 hours after the
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When the rains finally stopped, what remained was not just devastation but disbelief. Entire neighbourhoods had turned into brown, swirling lakes. Heartbreaking images and videos flow of families stood on the upper
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by Durga Velayudham The greatest tragedy in writing about other people’s suffering is when an author arrives not to understand, but to confirm a story she has already sold. Sonia Faleiro an
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Editorial Sri Lanka stands at a precipice, and yet the government continues to behave as though the nation has merely been brushed by an inconvenient monsoon. With dozens dead, scores missing, entire
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s highly anticipated visit to India, scheduled for December 2025, has been postponed, dealing a significant diplomatic blow to India. The postponement follows security concerns raised after the
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On 13 November, at the Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai, China, we released our latest study, The 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the World Anti-Fascist War – Understanding Who Saved Humanity: A Restorationist
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Editorial Cyclone Ditwah has only just formed, and Sri Lanka is already reeling—yet the truth is blunt and terrifying: the worst is still ahead. Ditwah is no longer just a developing storm
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It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a
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Much has been written about the Red Fort blast. More dots in the terror trail will unearth additional evidence. The terrorist plot must have been incubating for two years, according to reports,
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Editorial The audio clip released on social media proves beyond doubt that a key minister of this government was directly involved in the alleged illegal release of goods from the port. In
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Summary: Gratitude is often hailed as a path to happiness—but its darker consequences are rarely discussed. Social pressures to express thanks can generate guilt, anxiety, and performative compliance while masking systemic injustices and
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Reweaving the Steel-Bound Mythos! Hizb ut-Tahrir’s (HT) re-emergence in the public arena of Bangladesh—most visibly on 7 March 2025 near Baitul Mukarram Mosque—was a reminder that extremist ideologies rarely disappear; they adapt,
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor Between 2015 and 2025, the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s global rise unfolded alongside an accumulation of environmental crises, safety lapses, and governance failures that now define a decade
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