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The Middle East, a region scarred by decades of conflict, is once again teetering on the brink of catastrophe. As Gaza crumbles under Israeli bombardment and Iran faces escalating threats, US complicity
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Behind a modest green gate on a rainy hillside in Dharamshala, a former British hill station in northern India, children in crisp blazers splash in monsoon puddles at the Tibetan Children’s Village
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country’s most powerful military and political institution, is grappling with one of the most significant crises in its history. Following a devastating 12-day conflict with
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At the World Economic Forum 2025, Sunil Handunneththi, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of Sri Lanka, presented the country’s current trade agenda during a focused discussion with Kimberly Botwright, Head of
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For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit ~ Noam Chomsky Introduction: A Crisis of Vision in a Hyperconnected Age We are living in a paradox, at no point in history
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Editorial Today, Sri Lanka celebrates the eightieth birthday of Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, whose political trajectory remains intricately entwined with the nation’s turbulent postcolonial evolution marked by ethnic discord, contested sovereignty,
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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga known
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After the Pahalgam attack, the entire world was condemning the terrorist violence and urging India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in the interest of peace and stability. But the main regional body
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The UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) latest 2025 report, “The Real Fertility Crisis,” points to a bigger problem behind South Korea’s extremely low birth rate. A total of 14,000 adults in 14 countries
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Editorial Over the past decade and more, attacks on churches and tourist sites have become a grim and repeated feature in several parts of the world. From the coordinated bombings in Colombo,
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President Donald Trump once again pushed his case for a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, hosting a truce ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at the White House. The
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When the gavel falls in silence, tyranny often wears the robes of justice. The Supreme Court, once the bulwark of constitutionalism, has in numerous post-colonial states become an unchallengeable citadel of finality—an
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