The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
China has sanctioned two European Union banks, fulfilling its promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted Chinese lenders over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. The Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday that
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An explosive report by Real Raw News has alleged that a Ukrainian assassin was killed in Alaska just days before a planned meeting between former US President Donald Trump and Russian President
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Editor’s Note: Historian Andrew Roberts is joined by former U.S. Secretary of State and current Director of the Hoover Institution Condoleezza Rice for a deep dive into today’s international hotspots—including Russia’s invasion
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The recent moves by certain Western countries to recognise the Palestinian state have drawn sharp criticism from Israeli diplomats, who describe such actions as a setback for
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Remarks by the author at a panel discussion on the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, held in aid of the Peter Weerasekara Children’s Home, Yakkala. The event took place at the International Women’s Club
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On August 5, 2025, Martin Kerketta, the ‘supremo’ cum ‘area commander’ of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was killed during an encounter in the Changabadi Bantoli Forest area under Kamdara
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On August 9, 2025, a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, Sepoy Jehangir Khan, was killed by unidentified assailants in the Mir Hazar Khanzadkhel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Jehangir
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In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared
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This year, the United Kingdom’s intelligence services marked a significant turning point in their distinguished history. Last week, the nation mourned the passing of Dame Stella Rimington, the first female Director General
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Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days as German chancellor have been overshadowed by public discontent, economic stagnation, and coalition infighting, with new polling suggesting his early performance rates even worse than that of
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On August 5 2019, India revoked Article 370 unilaterally, repealing the constitutional autonomy of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a provision based on the 1949 settlement of the disputed accession
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This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombings—80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 120 national representatives gathered in Hiroshima this year to solemnly
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Israel’s savaging of Gaza has now inflicted over 61,000 dead. This is close to the generally accepted death toll from the US nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in Sept 1945. Nagasaki was
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by Luxman Aravind That was rather funny how this government works and how they are being bullied, yet they talk high with super ego. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, long hailed an “intellect,”
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s remark on Wednesday that the US tariff hike is unlikely to have any “major impact” on India’s economy “subject to retaliatory tariffs coming into the
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