Blaming foreign intelligence agencies has long been a part of Sri Lankan politics, particularly among left-nationalist political blocs since the end of the civil war. During times of political turmoil, conspiracy narratives
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Ownership of Trincomalee Port was highly contested by the Dutch, French, and British as a gateway to the Bay of Bengal during the 1700s and 1800s. The famous seafarer Vice Admiral Horatio
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Thousands of Dutch citizens scrambling to leave the Middle East were drawn into a high-stakes narrative of evacuation flights that never took off, after the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, De Telegraaf, ran an
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The salience of the two readouts of the phone call on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is that the bilateral relationship between the two ‘civilisation states’
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For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) stood as a rare constant in an otherwise volatile relationship between India and Pakistan. Signed in 1960, it survived wars, military crises,
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In the high-stakes world of radar technology, China may have solved a problem that has stymied engineers for decades. The intense heat generated by gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors—key components in modern radar
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Reports of the IRGC’s secret development of unconventional warheads are raising alarms for regional stability and global security as the war between Iran, the United States, and Israel enters its fourth week.
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The global fighter jet market is entering a new era of competition. For decades, France’s Rafale has dominated mid-range combat aircraft sales across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Its proven combat
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The Iranian missile attack on the joint U.S./UK military base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 21, 2026, is a threat to Europe, Asia, and Africa. A hub for
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Oil prices surged to their highest levels in nearly four years over the weekend, with analysts warning that further spikes are likely on Monday as U.S. and Iranian threats escalate the risk
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China’s leadership pledged on Sunday to further open the country’s economy to foreign businesses and promote more balanced trade with global partners, signaling a push to ease tensions following a year of
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Tencent launched a new tool on Sunday that integrates its flagship WeChat messaging platform with the OpenClaw AI agent, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion into artificial intelligence services. The
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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume highlighted on Sunday that Germany’s automotive industry could take lessons from China’s structured and disciplined approach to industrial planning, as the company accelerates a major restructuring to remain
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In the escalating military confrontation between Israel and Iran, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has reportedly dropped 5,000 bombs on Iranian territory since coordinated strikes with the United States last week, according
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This is not the first time such a thing has happened in Sri Lanka. In 2023, when I returned home to visit my grandpa, I stood and watched the queues snake around
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