by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, has made a second visit to Sri Lanka within a few months. Prior
A delegation of newly appointed High Commissioners and Ambassadors to various Sri Lankan Missions abroad paid a courtesy visit to Vicar General (Jaffna), Rt Rev J P Jenarathnam today at the Jaffna
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China has commenced its role as the rotating president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) starting from November 1st. Ambassador Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, chaired the council’s
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On October 26, Republican Senator Josh Hawley successfully passed a resolution through the United States Senate effectively condemning Palestine solidarity organizing on college campuses. The resolution “denounces the rhetoric of anti-Israel, pro-Hamas
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On October 25, Wael al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, learned that an Israeli airstrike hit the house where he had been living in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. His
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Over 110 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes from January through June 2023, according to new data released by the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. More
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Since October 7, hundreds of thousands have participated in demonstrations in cities across West Asia and North Africa in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s resistance to occupation. A key demand of those
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A Chinese-built underwater tunnel, the first in Bangladesh and South Asia, was inaugurated on Saturday as Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid the first toll and went through the tunnel. Hasina and
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Shortly following the historic Palestinian resistance offensive into Israel and the beginning of the bombing campaign of Gaza by Israel, student organizations at one of the most elite universities took a bold stance—citing the
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Argentina will head to runoff presidential elections after the Unión Por la Patria (Union for the Homeland) candidate, Sergio Massa, the current Minister of Economy, secured an unanticipated 37 percent of the votes on
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In what has been described as the most intensive bombing of the besieged Palestinian territory since October 7, at least 400 more people were killed in Israel’s indiscriminate strikes in Gaza on October 22.
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