The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
The law is reason, free from passion – Aristotle I read with interest the interview conducted by Nilantha Ilangamuwa with Professor Deepika Udagama, which appeared in this newspaper on 23 November. It was
More
A chilling sense of déjà vu has returned to the village of Nithari after India’s Supreme Court overturned the final conviction of Surinder Koli, the domestic aide once at the center of
More
U.S. officials said intelligence collected in 2024 indicated that Israel’s military lawyers had warned of evidence supporting potential war crimes charges for its campaign in Gaza, operations largely reliant on American-supplied weapons,
More
Boeing Co. will not face criminal charges over two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge in Texas approved a settlement requiring the aircraft manufacturer to pay $1.1 billion in fines
More
The Republic of Maldives has taken a bold and unprecedented step in global tobacco control, becoming the first nation in the world to implement a generational ban on tobacco. Effective from November
More
The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) developed a detailed reparations claim in collaboration with the Valvettithurai Citizens’ Committee that was submitted Friday to the Sri Lankan Office for Reparations seeking USD $15 million
More
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Navy Commander and ex-Ambassador to Cuba, Nishantha Ulugetenne, was granted bail by the Kurunegala High Court after the presiding judge sharply criticized the Criminal Investigation Department
More
The UK government is preparing to give police greater authority to restrict protests that repeatedly disrupt public life, following a weekend of mass arrests in London. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans
More
The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering in
More
A Chinese court has sentenced 11 members of one of the region’s most notorious crime families to death for running large-scale scam operations across Myanmar, according to The Times UK. The Ming
More
On September 27, 2025, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) announced the extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for another six months in three key Districts of Assam
More
An INTERPOL-coordinated operation across 40 countries and territories has resulted in the recovery of USD 342 million in government-backed currencies and USD 97 million in physical and virtual assets, authorities announced today.
More
by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In Colombo today, Maldivian officials visiting from Malé convened a press briefing at the High Commission to present the objectives of the recently enacted Media and Broadcasting
More
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, calls on the government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to halt the continued harassment of activists and journalists and crackdown on protests. One year since he
More
BNP Paribas, one of the world’s largest banks, is facing a high-profile trial in a Manhattan courtroom this week over allegations that it enabled human rights abuses in Sudan by providing financial
More