Europe is confronting a rapidly evolving security crisis as hybrid threats—ranging from proxy violence to cyberattacks—spread across the continent, exposing deep vulnerabilities in national defenses and social cohesion. A recent stabbing in
More
MOST RECENT
Wings of servitude! A grossly slavery treaty! An egregiously servile accord, this treaty reeks of subjugation and ignominy, reducing sovereignty to a hollow illusion. It binds the weaker party in chains of
More
The Guardians of the Khyber While the world’s attention remains tethered to the high-stakes diplomacy of the “Islamabad Process,” a more visceral struggle for sovereignty is being waged in the rugged corridors
More
Adela Cortina, one of Spain’s most influential contemporary thinkers and a key voice in European ethics, has offered a stark yet measured diagnosis of the country’s evolution over the past 50 years.
More
Ai Weiwei has reignited the global debate on artistic freedom after criticising the decision-making practices of major international art institutions, including the Venice Biennale. Speaking during the inauguration of his retrospective Aftershock
More
After the Lanka Sama Samaja Party withdrew from Mrs. Bandaranaike’s United Front government in 1975, UNP leader and Opposition Leader J. R. Jayewardene, and Lanka Sama Samaja Party leaders N. M. Perera
More
In Tehran, the first thought that comes to Afra each morning is not about work or routine, but relief. Waking up under the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, in
More
The United States’ war with Iran has entered a volatile and politically charged third month, with President Donald Trump facing growing domestic backlash, legal scrutiny, and diplomatic deadlock. On Friday, Trump dismissed
More
The war involving the United States and Israel against Iran has triggered one of the most severe disruptions in global energy flows in recent decades, effectively paralyzing the Gulf region’s dominance in
More
Researchers in the United States have created the first detailed map of smell receptors inside the nose. Published Tuesday in the journal Cell, the study marks a major step forward in olfaction
More