China and North Korea will officially open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, ending a 12-year delay that left the major cross-border infrastructure project unused despite its completion in 2014. The
The death of a laboratory worker in Siberia has triggered international concern over whether Russia is concealing a serious laboratory accident involving the plague bacterium, although experts say there is currently no
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The arrest of August Hanning, Germany’s former intelligence chief, has prompted calls across the Bundestag for tighter restrictions on what senior intelligence officials can do after leaving government, including demands for a
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US military personnel stationed on Japan’s Okinawa island have been placed under a month-long curfew and banned from drinking alcohol while undergoing discipline training after a US Marine was accused of murdering
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Pakistan is expanding its legal machinery to deal with terrorism, introducing time-bound preventive detention and protected judicial proceedings in Balochistan and Punjab. The reforms seek to address failures in prosecuting militant suspects
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A CID investigation reveals 408 arrests from illegal call centres, including 284 Chinese nationals, as international scam networks increasingly use Sri Lanka to run sophisticated financial frauds, phishing and “pig-butchering” operations.
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In the run-up to the 2015 Presidential election, a Chinese submarine visit, in 2014, caused major media fury. Indian media alleged the vessel was nuclear powered. In spite of Sri Lanka repeatedly
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The Path From Survival to Citizenship Access to food, stable housing, healthcare, and socioeconomic security shapes more than daily life. Material insecurity can also limit the time, attention, and stability people need
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August Hanning, the former president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets and attempted treason, placing
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, whose arrest and imprisonment followed the confirmation of his prison sentence by Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on 5 October 2026, has spent
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Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
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The Middle East is entering a period in which established assumptions about power and security may no longer hold, according to British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, whose new book, El hervidero. Historia
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Wednesday marks three years since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an event that the Soufan Center describes as a direct starting point for the current US-Iran war and the strategic
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After recording no insurgency-linked fatalities in 2024 and 2025, Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district has witnessed a sharp resurgence of militant violence in 2026. Multiple NSCN-K factions and ULFA-I remain active, targeting security
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The Baloch National Movement’s Geneva campaign has taken the demand for an independent Balochistan to an international audience, but its political significance should not be confused with institutional recognition or a mandate
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is facing its most serious terrorism crisis in more than a decade, with 1,702 terrorism-related fatalities recorded in the first nine months of 2026—the highest for the period since 2009.
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