Global politics is moving in an increasingly unpredictable direction, unlike anything witnessed in recent decades. What the Institute for Economics and Peace has described as an era of “Great Fragmentation” appears to
From once-violent streets in Masaya to nationwide consultations on electoral reform, Nicaragua’s government is presenting its political changes as a defence of popular sovereignty against Washington’s growing involvement in Latin American elections.
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A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s Far Eastern International Bank, the bank from which
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The prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity has become a prominent part of the technology industry’s public debate, but Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that the more immediate danger lies elsewhere: the
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Ethiopia’s renewed civil war is intensifying across its northern regions, with about 150,000 people already forcibly displaced and at least 250 rebel fighters reported killed, according to the Ethiopian government. The fighting
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The US-China summit aims to stabilise relations through cooperation on trade, investment, AI safety and people-to-people exchanges, while recognising that strategic competition will continue. New bilateral mechanisms could provide greater certainty for
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The latest Modi-Xi engagement has revived the rhetoric of improved India-China relations, but the border remains the central contradiction. From the Ladakh crisis and Galwan clashes to subsequent disengagement arrangements and alleged
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This month, like every year, the United Nations General Assembly takes place. Heads of State take the floor to send messages to the world. These messages are broadcast on TV, transcribed, and
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The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
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Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home. With the current account weakening, thousands of workers
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Sri Lanka’s opposition has cited a reported 16.12 per cent increase in gold pawning during the first five months of 2026 as evidence of worsening financial pressure on households. Harshana Rajakaruna, a
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Pope Leo XIV has rejected describing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church simply as a “systemic” problem, while acknowledging that some church organisations had at times operated “as an abusive system”. His
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has resigned from office ahead of parliamentary elections on October 25, a move that allows him to contest the vote as the leading candidate of his Serbian Progressive
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Lieutenant General Joel “JB” Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Pacific (USARPAC), arrived in Colombo on September 29 for engagements with Sri Lankan military officials, becoming the highest-ranking US Army
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Trump evidently decided on his own to direct the Navy to build new battleships based on his having watched the black-and-white television series Victory at Sea when he was young.
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The arrests near RAF Fairford raise questions extending far beyond the five men detained. While claims of Iranian involvement remain unconfirmed and have been rejected by Tehran, the episode exposes a striking
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