Colombia has broken diplomatic relations with Iran, citing alleged links between the Islamic Republic’s government and international terrorist groups, human rights violations and concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The decision was formally
Turkey’s energy minister announced that Russia has provided $9 billion in new financing for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which is being built by Moscow’s state nuclear energy company, Rosatom. The funding
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A more accommodative interest rate environment and a booming global stock market are setting the stage for a stronger year ahead for private equity, with experts predicting renewed momentum into 2026 as
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Debate within Sri Lanka about India’s role in the island’s recent past and present is neither new nor unusual. As India has emerged as one of Sri Lanka’s most consequential partners during
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Pakistan has reached a weapons deal worth more than $4 billion with Libya’s eastern-based Libyan National Army, according to four Pakistani officials, in what would rank among the country’s largest-ever military export
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China has made major strides in building a domestically self-sufficient arms industry, narrowing long-standing technological gaps with the United States and other Western powers, according to a detailed report by the Wall
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A comprehensive 35-page research publication by the U.S. Department of Justice and its research arm, the National Institute of Justice, offers timely lessons on how the internet and social media influence domestic
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India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week, reinforcing Delhi’s commitment to aid and reconstruction following Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the island on November 27, 2025.
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An iPhone that costs about $100 less might not sound like a trade policy story, but in China’s Hainan Island, it is. As global trade faces rising tariffs and growing protectionism, China
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In mid-November 2025, at a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference in Saudi Arabia, Basher Abdullah, an adviser to Sudan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, said, ‘First, we need to end the
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The involvement of foreign troops in disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka underscores how real-world circumstances continually shape the dynamics of geopolitics. It also serves as a striking example of how such
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Eric Meyer, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, used his opening statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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by Durga Velayudham and Luxman Aravind The question of whether Trincomalee is being quietly prepared for an Indo–US– “Sri Lanka” joint military command no longer belongs to the world of speculation or
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The recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to India was widely publicized across several countries and received considerable global attention. The warmth with which President Putin was welcomed by Prime Minister
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Editorial Today is Human Rights Day — at least 48,384 civilians were recorded killed in conflict zones in 2024; 1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty worldwide, of whom some 455
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Japan is rapidly transforming its southernmost islands into a fortified “missile archipelago” as relations with China reach their highest tension in more than a decade, Bloomberg reported. At the forefront of this
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