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by Our Correspondent in Doha Major General Maher al-Assad, the younger brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and former commander of the 4th Armored Division, has issued a stark warning about Syria’s
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Uralchem Group has delivered 55,000 tonnes of potash fertiliser to Sri Lanka to support the country’s agricultural sector and strengthen food security. The official handover ceremony in Colombo was attended by Sri
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Nineteen U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers took their oaths today in Colombo, marking the second group of Volunteers to return to Sri Lanka since the program’s relaunch last year. The ceremony highlighted the
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Online shopping often involves endless options and fleeting discounts. A single search for running shoes can yield hundreds of results across multiple platforms, each promising the “best deal.” The holiday season brings
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Late at night on December 3, soldiers stormed into South Korea’s National Assembly in armored vehicles and combat helicopters. Assembly staff desperately blocked their assault with fire extinguishers and barricades. South Korea’s President Yoon
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has extended an official invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025, CBS News reported Wednesday. The invitation, sent in early
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The long-sidelined ambition to construct a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline from Qatar to Europe via Turkey might be back on the table, following the dramatic fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. A plan
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As the rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syria Liberation Committee) seized Damascus, Syria’s capital, on December 7, 2024, the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad boarded a flight to Moscow, Russia. It
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Editorial The killing of Khalil-Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, marks a significant and symbolic turning point in Afghanistan’s fragile political landscape. Reported on 12 December 2024, Haqqani’s assassination
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As part of her visit to Sri Lanka, Dr Tonia Astrid Capuano, an International Technical Expert in Oceanography and Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Climate and Ocean Governance, Dhaka University, Bangladesh,
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