On the morning of 30 July 1929, a man carrying a small axe entered the upper terrace of the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and struck one of its principal branches several
Most countries of the Middle East and the Global South operating under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis, one whose substance is the acute and chronic fragmentation and weakness that afflicts
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Inequality and Urbanism Today’s cities are hotbeds of inequality. Urban real estate is one of the most expensive kinds of land in the world. It attracts billionaires looking to store their wealth
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An international team of archaeologists and scientists has uncovered the first direct chemical evidence of anaesthetic use on ancient surgical instruments, offering remarkable new insight into the sophistication of medical practices in
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Britain operated a vast covert propaganda apparatus during the Cold War that manipulated international media, forged political material, and secretly influenced journalists across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, according to
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During the recent official visit to the Netherlands by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Dutch leadership agreed to return the Chola Copper Plates of Leiden from the Leiden University Museum. These
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by Durga The book Malcolm in the Desert: On Pilgrimage, Transformation, and Sacred Disruption is a bold and uneasy hybrid: part spiritual commentary on Malcolm X’s life, part philosophical treatise on transformation,
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A cache of newly declassified American intelligence records has opened a rare window into the hidden world of Cold War-era UFO investigations, revealing extraordinary encounters tracked by military radar systems across multiple
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, part of the monumental complex in Giza, has been found to possess remarkable seismic stability that allows it to withstand earthquakes with minimal damage, according to a
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Thousands of people marched in Montevideo and other cities across Uruguay on Wednesday, demanding the full declassification of military archives related to 205 people who disappeared during the civic-military dictatorship from 1973
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On a seemingly ordinary Sunday in June 1995, Sarajevo briefly resembled a city trying to live despite war. Sixteen-year-old Damir Šahat rode his blue BMX bicycle through the streets, while his family
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More than three decades after two civilian aircraft were shot down over international waters in the Caribbean, the United States is moving toward a dramatic legal confrontation with Cuba’s former president Raúl
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To speak of the Strait of Hormuz today is already to enter a language of reduction. In policy briefings and military analyses, it appears as a “chokepoint,” a narrow passage through which
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Every 3rd of May, for the past 34 years, like a bunch of anxious surfers, we catch the rising wave of grief, glide on the intensifying emotions for a while and fall
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A newly published historical file has revealed fresh details about one of the Cold War’s most audacious espionage operations, showing how Britain and the United States secretly constructed a tunnel beneath Berlin
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In the annals of Kotelawala Defence Academy (KDA) and Sri Lanka’s broader military academic heritage, the year 1979 stands as a defining turning point, when vision met purpose with uncommon clarity. Recognizing
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