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
The United States has awarded contracts worth more than US$3 billion to accelerate production of key components for Patriot and THAAD air defence systems as rising demand from conflicts in Iran and
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During the nearly three decades of fighting Tamil separatists and two insurrections by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Sri Lanka armed forces had expanded. In three years of the final instalment
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Germany’s leading domestic intelligence and cybersecurity authorities have warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are poised to significantly alter the cyber threat landscape, increasing both the scale and sophistication of digital
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The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) continues to exploit instability across South and Central Asia while embracing emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and virtual currencies, to strengthen its operations. As the United
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MCPO (GI) Rathnatunga passed away on 26 July 2026 at the age of 80. His funeral, with full naval honours, was held in Gampaha today, marking the end of a legendary Gunnery
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Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) laid out what it described as one of the most extensive counterterrorism campaigns in the country’s recent history at a press conference held in Rawalpindi on July
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Armenia is undertaking a sweeping transformation of its armed forces, replacing decades of near-total dependence on Russian military equipment with weapons and defence partnerships spanning India, France, China, Iran and the United
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The U.S. Department of Defense is on course to achieve its first clean financial audit by 2028 after new digital systems uncovered longstanding accounting errors that had distorted records across the military,
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Japan is increasingly looking to lessons from Ukraine’s war with Russia as it reassesses its defense strategy, military technology and procurement systems amid growing concerns over the future security environment in the
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China and Russia have expanded their naval cooperation with the participation of submarines in the “Joint Sea-2026” military exercise, marking what Chinese military sources described as the first time Chinese and Russian
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