Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
The US President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted gear in the US strategy to stop Russia on its tracks from creating new facts on the ground in Ukraine. Russian forces have the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo More than a dozen notorious Sri Lankan criminals are reportedly living under the protection of European countries, raising questions about the continent’s commitment to justice and human
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Infantry, the ‘Queen of the Battle,’ is the sword arm of the Indian armed forces with a primary role of closing in with the enemy and destroying him or seizing ground. Despite
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In a recent episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, retired Special Agent Raj Patel revisits one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in recent history: the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reportedly halted a high-level defence delegation’s planned visits to Israel, Iran, and Egypt, citing concerns over the complex geopolitical implications such trips
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On October 20, National Mobilization Front (NMF) fighters carried out a targeted operation in Kabul city in the vicinity of the First District. The target of this operation was a prominent ‘commander’
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The homecoming of Thuingaleng Muivah, the supremo of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM), to his native village, Somdal in Manipur’s Ukhrul District, on October 22, 2025, after five decades,
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The walls of Santiago, Chile – the city where I live – are marked with faded graffiti from the estallido social (social uprising) of 2019. Years later, these slogans continue to spill onto the
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Russia secretly acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic, using front companies to procure sensitive equipment from U.S. and European suppliers, according to an investigation by The
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The spectacular heist of jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris has many people wondering how a theft like this could occur in broad daylight and what might happen to the items
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A United Nations expert has urged governments around the world to resist the temptation of “techno-solutionism” in their justice systems, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) must never replace the human judgment and
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From the moment of his victory in Sunday’s presidential elections, Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz set the tone. “They squandered our gas, the lithium never appeared, and now we’re in crisis!” The centre-right
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Rodrigo Paz, 58, will officially take office as Bolivia’s new president on November 8, after winning a decisive victory in Sunday’s second-round elections with 54.6% of the vote, nine points ahead of
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After J.R. Jayewardene introduced the Executive Presidency, India extended official visit invitations to Sri Lankan Prime Ministers only during periods when there were distinct centres of power within the government. Since J.R.’s
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The Trump administration’s July 2025 decision to have the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigate Brazil’s “attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices,” followed
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