Pakistan is not simply “falling behind” in an AI arms race. It has adopted a deliberate and measured approach to military AI. That approach draws on decades of counterinsurgency experience and manages
Sri Lanka’s military went through its bloodiest month in July 1996, thirty years ago. I lost two good friends, one in the Navy and one in the Army Special Forces, during “Operation
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These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World’ against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the ‘Global War on
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Taiwan’s main opposition party has proposed a NT$240 billion (US$7.5 billion) plan to expand the island’s drone industry, just days after delaying consideration of a similar initiative put forward by President Lai
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Punjab is experiencing an escalation in low-intensity terrorist activities orchestrated by Khalistani extremist networks, often in tandem with foreign-based gangsters and Pakistan-backed handlers. According to partial data compiled by the Institute for Conflict
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On June 26, 2026, Assam Police, assisted by central agencies, arrested two suspected United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) cadres, identified as ‘second lieutenants’ Humenjyoti Baruah alias Siyor Asom and Papu Moran alias Manoj Asom, during
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There are many who think Trump’s about face on Iran, virtually embracing the radical IRGC (now they are linked up to CENTCOM in Doha, Qatar) is a sellout of US and allied forces,
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Sri Lanka Navy Marines contingent, consisting of 13 Marine officers and 30 Marines, will participate in the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2026, in Hawaii and the Pacific region. The exercise,
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Hundreds of China’s senior military officials have completed an unprecedented 10-week ideological training programme that required them to study President Xi Jinping’s speeches, examine corruption cases and undergo military discipline exercises, according
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by Our Correspondent in Geneva A series of explosive allegations surrounding former Eastern Province political aide Azad Maulana have emerged from a detailed account provided by Mohamed Haris, a Sri Lankan citizen
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The appointment of a new Director of Military Intelligence yesterday has sparked allegations of growing political influence within Sri Lanka’s military establishment, with sources claiming the selection
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The United States has delivered an advanced satellite communications system to the Sri Lanka Navy, providing Fleet Broadband technology designed to improve secure maritime communication across the country’s offshore patrol fleet, the
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday that security forces had killed Ivan Idrobo, known by the alias Marlon, one of the country’s most senior FARC dissident commanders and the second-in-command to Nestor
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General Kevin B. Schneider, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening defense cooperation between Washington and Colombo, according
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The second Sunday of the month of June is considered as Father’s Day. We all celebrate this special day with our children. On this day, I would like to share my thoughts
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U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent the acknowledged budget for 2026. While a roughly $500 billion increase would
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