Two weeks into the war in the Persian Gulf, the conflict has evolved into a starkly asymmetric struggle. On one side stand the overwhelming conventional military forces of the United States and
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by A Special Correspondent in Geneva Two days ago the defamation case against Father Cyril Gamini, a spokesman for Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, came before court and was postponed for another month. When
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The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of neutrality. During her commerce-raiding mission in the South Atlantic
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“Modern conflicts are increasingly shaped not by firepower alone but by intelligence superiority, where information, timing, and surprise determine strategic outcomes.” Modern wars rarely begin with the sound of gunfire. They start
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by Durga Velayudham The Strait of Hormuz has once again emerged as the Rubicon in Donald Trump’s confrontation with Iran, a perilous threshold across which the contemporary superpower system appears increasingly inclined
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Gota became president after Donald Trump became the President of the United States. Donald Trump became president for the second time after Anura Kumara became president. Donald Trump is a very unfortunate
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On March 1, 2026, Dalip Singh, a 25-year-old from a small village in Rajasthan, was working aboard the MV Skylight, a Palau-flagged tanker operating under Iran’s “shadow fleet.” Anchored five miles north
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In February 2026, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath embarked on a high-profile international tour, visiting Singapore from February 23-24 and Japan from February 25-26, with the explicit aim of attracting foreign
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As the world watches tensions flare in the Strait of Hormuz, the economic consequences of geopolitical brinkmanship are becoming impossible to ignore. Iran’s recent maneuvers to restrict shipping in this vital waterway
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Nepal’s recent electoral shift has sent shockwaves across the region, replacing entrenched parties with leaders whose ideologies, intentions, and alliances remain uncertain. While the outgoing establishment is clear, the incoming leadership poses
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Hamas has called on Iran to refrain from targeting neighboring countries, marking the group’s first public commentary on Iranian military strategy. While maintaining solidarity with Tehran, Hamas emphasized that Iran has the
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Few biographers have proved so reluctant, but when the raw materials that would become The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi reached Charles Dickens’ desk in the autumn of 1837, he was far from impressed. “I
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For more than a decade, West Germany allegedly transferred enormous sums to Israel to fund its nuclear program, a secret uncovered in investigations reported by Haaretz. Between 1961 and 1973, Bonn provided
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Ali Larijani is a figure of stark contradictions. He is at once a philosopher deeply versed in Kant and a politician accused of orchestrating some of the bloodiest crackdowns in modern Iranian
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Global trade flows are more entangled with China than ever before. A recent survey of international import patterns shows that 128 countries now source at least 10% of their goods imports from
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