On December 1, 2024, at least seven cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in the Chalpaka Forest area near Eturunagaram village in
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Iran and Russia are the two big losers in the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday by the Sunni Islamist groups affiliated to al-Qaeda. Assad fled in the nick of
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US President-Elect Donald Trump has said that he is developing a concept to put an end to the “ridiculous” conflict in Ukraine. “I’m formulating a concept of how to end that ridiculous
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Men and women in white in Sri Lanka are having their day today! Their immense contributions have safeguarded the nation’s maritime borders, ensuring the safety and stability
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The BRICS Summit held in Kazan from October 22–24, 2024, brought attention to several defining factors regarding Latin American countries that will be important for the continent’s political and economic development in
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The following excerpts are based on a speech by the author as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan during an event held in Islamabad. I was trained at the Pakistan Navy
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Health systems worldwide are bracing for potential ramifications of a deadly mystery disease that has already claimed at least 143 lives and infected 376 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Ocean mapping and open data sources play a critical role in disaster preparedness and monitoring in Sri Lanka, a nation highly vulnerable to marine and coastal hazards such as tsunamis, storm surges,
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Going ‘where the oil is’ “You’ve got to go where the oil is. I don’t think about it [political volatility] very much,” Cheney told a meeting of Texas oilmen in 1998 when
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After a year of remarkable achievements on the international stage, Sri Lanka Football is preparing for an exciting and action-packed domestic football calendar in 2025. The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL)
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Robert D. Kaplan aptly stated in The Revenge of Geography that “geography is geopolitics.” This insight underscores the reality that Sri Lanka’s future hinges on its strategic location in the Indian Ocean
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Iranian officials have accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of ignoring critical intelligence and failing to act during a pivotal moment in Syria’s ongoing conflict. According to the officials, Iran had warned Assad
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by Our Correspondent in Doha just hours after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Israeli warplanes launched targeted strikes on key military and strategic locations near Damascus. Among the targets were the
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Former President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Kremlin sources confirmed to RIA Novosti on December 8, 2025. The Russian government has officially granted them asylum, citing
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With the fall of the Assad regime overnight and a transition process now underway, it feels good to be able to write more freely and freely use the term regime without having
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