The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
“The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are ‘protected’. The harm which a tariff does is invisible. It’s spread widely. There are people that don’t have jobs
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New documents reviewed exclusively by Declassified and The Ditch have revealed that Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, is continuing to transport military cargo to Israel, including critical components for the F-35
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on the editorial from the Sunday Times, Colombo. It offers a critical examination of the recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri
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Over the past 24 hours, diplomatic and military developments between the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran have intensified. While the headlines are shaped by threats of war, military
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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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by Luxman Aravind The English on the grand welcome banners prepared for the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not merely incorrect; it was emblematic. A nation incapable of mustering
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by Durga Velautham in Chennai There comes a moment in the decline of a state when silence ceases to be neutrality and becomes acquiescence. Sri Lanka, once a proud island nation that
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Gold is on fire. Not literally, of course, but judging by its price chart, you’d think it had been doused in gasoline and set ablaze. The price of gold has skyrocketed in
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded streets across the United States and major cities around the world on Saturday in the largest show of opposition yet to President Donald Trump’s second administration.
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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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As geopolitical tensions continue to rise, major world powers are ramping up their military infrastructure with new facilities that could significantly reshape the global balance of power. From the Pacific to Africa,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo India, Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are poised to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop the Eastern Province’s Trincomalee as an
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Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, highlighted the importance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, underscoring that it would further strengthen the growing bilateral relationship between
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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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