Speaking at the outset of his address to Parliament yesterday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri Lanka laid out in stark terms what he described as the country’s most pressing structural weakness
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In the latest escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. According to Science Direct, Sri Lanka imports nearly all of its oil and gas,
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The United States is considering relocating key missile defence systems and military assets from South Korea to the Middle East as its ongoing military campaign against Iran shows signs of extending beyond
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The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have issued a strongly worded statement expressing serious concern over recent developments in the Middle East, particularly the military strikes carried out on the
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U.S. Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the U.S. consulate in Karachi over the weekend, according to two American officials, marking a rare and potentially explosive use of force
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