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The Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka has announced that approximately 85% of license holders have returned firearms and ammunition issued to them for personal protection, following its directive to recall all
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Within the last couple of years, the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) has sought to promote closer ties with other foreign armed forces through various defence diplomacy activities. It has been particularly active
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“Sri Lanka has become one of the fastest aging countries in the world. Its share of the population over 60 years of age, which was 12% in 2014, has exceeded the average of
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“How many were the gardens and springs they left behind, and corn-fields and noble buildings, and wealth and conveniences of life, wherein they had taken such delight? Thus (was their end)! And
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In the current context of Sri Lanka’s national security, it is evident that significant structural reforms are imperative. While the importance of a secure nation is widely acknowledged, there seems to be
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Britain has become the “western capital” for sharia courts, with a growing number of these courts issuing religious rulings on marriage and family matters. According to a recent investigation by The Times,
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Editorial In 1977, President J. R. Jayewardene envisioned a nation where poverty and illiteracy could be eradicated through collective effort. The President’s Fund, fueled by the Development Lottery, was born out of
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by Our Correspondent in Doha We are not defeated, we are only waiting for the right time. Over the last few weeks, the ongoing Turkish-backed offensive led by Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has
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A previously unidentified disease that has claimed 143 lives in southwestern DR Congo has been confirmed as a severe form of malaria, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The outbreak, which began
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has filed criminal complaints against subsidiaries of Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using minerals allegedly “looted” from conflict regions in
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President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. When he appeared to prevail in Syria’s civil war,
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Sri Lanka was one of 119 countries to support a Russian-backed resolution at the UN General Assembly titled “Combating Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism, and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms
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Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense of the Russian armed forces, and his aide were killed in a bomb blast in Moscow early
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Social media platforms are increasingly becoming the marketplace for illegal drug sales, with dealers using clever tactics—such as emojis—to evade detection, according to Wired magazine. For example, a snowflake, a snowman, or
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