by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
Newly declassified transcripts of private conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush provide an unprecedented window into the early months following the September 11 attacks, exposing a
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The scene inside the White House’s East Room on Friday had the air of a modern court, with President Donald Trump at its center, buoyant after a daring U.S. military operation that
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Francis Fukuyama, the renowned political scientist and Stanford fellow, cautions that the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela risks becoming another failed foreign intervention. In a recent column for Persuasion, Fukuyama argues that
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John Ratcliffe, the former Texas congressman turned CIA director, has emerged as a central figure in Washington’s intelligence landscape, guiding the agency toward more aggressive covert operations. The recent high-profile raid to
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The Trump administration has reversed a draft proposal that would have halved the recommended alcohol limit for men, Reuters reports, instead issuing new guidance that offers no specific daily limits and simply
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The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a U.S. immigration agent has shaken Minneapolis and reverberated across the country, prompting protests in multiple cities and intensifying political tensions. Reuters reports
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President Donald Trump’s proposal to raise the United States defence budget to an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in the 2027 financial year would add an estimated $5.8 trillion to the national debt over
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Marco Rubio has become the unmistakable face of Washington’s intervention in Venezuela following the fall of Nicolás Maduro. In official photographs released by the White House during the operation, the US secretary
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“From day one, my focus has been to advance America’s interests.. and we’ve built a relationship that delivers results for the American people and supports a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific,” U.S.
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U.S. President Donald Trump currently has “no blueprint” for managing the aftermath of the Venezuelan crisis, according to sources cited by Telegraph UK. The sources said the president is handling the situation
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