by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, has made a second visit to Sri Lanka within a few months. Prior
I read a news article today stating that the Special Task Force of the Sri Lanka Police, with the assistance of Military Intelligence, recovered three well-preserved and buried 84 mm Carl Gustaf
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The gap between Washington and Tehran has rarely looked wider. As U.S. and Iranian officials prepare for indirect talks in Istanbul under heavy regional mediation, both sides
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Sri Lanka entered 2026 with a security environment that remained broadly stable but layered with unresolved structural vulnerabilities rooted in post-war reconciliation failures, persistent diaspora activism, narcotics trafficking, and evolving regional security
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A few months ago, he made headlines as the “First Sri Lankan to win the US Navy SEAL Commando Trident badge.” Lt Koyan Chamitha of the elite Special Boats Squadron (SBS) achieved
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Lieutenant Koyan Chamitha of the Sri Lanka Navy’s elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS), who made national history by becoming the first Sri Lankan to successfully complete the United States Navy SEAL training
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India’s ambition to become self-reliant in defense technology has faced a significant setback following the second crash of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas within a single year. The latest incident, which
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Maldives recorded no terrorism-linked fatality in 2025. The abduction and killing of blogger Yameen Rasheed by a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda on April 23, 2017, was the last terrorism related incident in
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China’s Communist Party has opened an investigation into two of its most senior military figures, a move that underscores the depth and persistence of President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign and raises
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Defense technology firm Anduril revealed plans Thursday to expand its Southern California footprint with a major new campus in Long Beach, the coastal city where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. The company
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Editor’s Note: The following column draws on a detailed study of terrorist attacks and plots against elected officials in Europe between 2015 and 2025. It is based on research originally published in
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