India’s freedom struggle produced many extraordinary leaders, but few combined intellectual brilliance, political courage, spiritual depth and an unwavering commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity as profoundly as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. A freedom
On April 15, 2025, two wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a collective bounty of INR 1.3 million, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in
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On April 17, 2025, the dead body of ‘forcibly disappeared’ Baloch youth, Sher Khan Nazar, a resident of Pasni, was recovered in the Turbat District of Balochistan. The victim had been forcibly
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In an address during the sixth anniversary memorial of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith warned of a “deep state” embedded within Sri Lanka’s state machinery, working against the interests
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12 January 1960 marked a historic moment for the Colombo Municipal Council, as M.H. Mohamed (Mohamed Hanifa Mohamed) became the first Muslim to be elected mayor in its history. The Colombo Municipal
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The U.S.-left-behind weaponry has created grave problems for Pakistan. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) claimed in a report that the U.S. lifted $ 7 billion of military equipment, which
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“This isn’t just about Palestine, it’s about everyone’s right to dissent…” ~ Clare Hinchcliffe (Middle East Eye – 20.3.2025). Zoë Rogers is 21, English, a dog-lover. In August 2024, she, together with
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Slavoj Žižek, ever the firebrand philosopher and provocateur, has once again yanked at the frayed threads of liberal democracy in a bombshell interview with the BBC. Declaring the arrival of a “new
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President Claudia Sheinbaum has dramatically reshaped Mexico’s security approach in her first months in office, earning rare praise from U.S. President Donald Trump and shifting the tone of bilateral relations that had
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Exclusive Recently, the US government, disregarding unanimous opposition from the international community, announced its decision to impose so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on all trading partners including China and Sri Lanka. This move was
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A planned joint naval exercise between the navies of Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the strategic waters off Trincomalee has been quietly shelved following strong objections raised by India, multiple sources familiar
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The current regime, under the leadership of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, ascended to power through a military coup d’état staged between August 5 and 8, 2024. This insidious takeover was orchestrated by the
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As tensions escalate in the latest round of U.S.-China trade hostilities, a growing sense of finality seems to have taken hold in Beijing. According to a recent in-depth report by ZEIT, the
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It’s clear that among the chief drivers of Trumpism and populist movements more generally are the changes in gender relations that have taken place over the past 50 years. One of the
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A significant hurdle has emerged in the ongoing saga surrounding the Chagos Islands, as the UK government has admitted that it is unlikely that Chagossians will be able to return to their
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By now, the most surprising thing about Donald Trump’s policies, according to Yuval Noah Harari, is that anyone is still surprised. In a sweeping critique published in the Financial Times, the acclaimed
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