A series of attacks, attempted operations and counterterrorism raids across Iraq, Syria and Jordan has raised renewed concerns about the activities of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells, with security authorities confronting an
The violent unrest that gripped Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in late September and early October 2025 has once again exposed the deep fissures between the region’s population and the Pakistani state.
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On September 29, 2025, the Canadian Federal Government formally designated the Indian-origin organized crime group known as the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a ‘terrorist entity’ under the provisions of the Criminal Code,
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Two years after the darkest day in Israel’s modern history, the families of those kidnapped by Hamas have issued an extraordinary appeal to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: award the 2025 Nobel Peace
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. The lights went out in Cuba again. For the fifth time in a year,
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, at the opening ceremony of the Defence Development–2025 military
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The anticipated visit of Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Foreign Minister of the Taliban government in Kabul, to New Delhi on October 9-10, 2025, represents a watershed moment in Afghanistan-India relations since the
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The much-awaited olive branch from India to the Trump Administration to let bygones be bygones comes as a pleasant surprise with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exuberant support for the Gaza Plan congratulating
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The highlight of the month of September is President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to attend and speak at the UN General Assembly. AKD posed for the photograph with US President Donald Trump
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Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha has pushed back against recent reports suggesting that the President’s expenditure head in Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget has tripled compared to the previous year. He emphasized
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by Eric Retired from the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Rathnayake’s work is immediately distinguished by its rare integration of operational experience, academic rigour, and a profound understanding of regional geopolitics, particularly
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Nothing but a traitor would step on his own national flag. That single, shocking image from Friday night — a boot pressed upon the crimson crescent and
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On October 1, 2025, during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a critical side event titled “Indo-Mediterranean: Women and Children Are Extremism’s First Victims” exposed the escalating human
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On the morning of October 2, 2025, as worshippers gathered for Yom Kippur services – the holiest day in the Jewish calendar – a terrorist attack unfolded outside the Heaton Park Hebrew
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On 23 September 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown “out of existence”. This statement,
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