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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail today by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court after being arrested last week on allegations of misusing public funds during his
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The United States has dramatically recalibrated its Africa strategy under President Donald Trump, shifting from aid restrictions to a transactional policy that trades military support for access to West Africa’s lucrative mineral
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Australia announced on Tuesday the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador, marking the first time since World War II that the country has taken such a measure against a foreign envoy. Prime Minister Anthony
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be able to appear before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today due to health concerns, the Board of Specialist Doctors at Colombo
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In the early 1980s, former US President Jimmy Carter visited Stockholm. At a reception he approached Stig Ramel, the long-serving executive director of the Nobel Foundation, and asked with some bitterness why
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The Trump Administration is moving ahead with plans to sharply increase tariffs on Indian imports, signaling further strain in U.S.-India trade ties as Washington seeks to pressure Russia into ending its war
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Satellite images analyzed ahead of China’s upcoming military parade suggest Beijing is preparing to unveil some of its most advanced weaponry — including anti-ship missiles, combat drones, and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles —
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President Donald Trump has announced plans to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from office following allegations that she falsified mortgage documents, in what analysts are calling the most aggressive move yet
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Editor’s Note: The following insight was originally published in the Beijing-based monthly, Beijing Review. Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emerge as a pivotal forum to mitigate the escalating fracturing of Eurasian
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Minister Bimal Rathnayake has said Ranil Wickremesinghe should have been arrested about four decades ago over the Batalanda torture chamber, the 1983 racial violence, etc. The former has also flayed the latter
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A France-based human rights organization, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), has released its Annual Report 2025, documenting widespread human rights violations during the first year of Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel
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