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
Ever since India decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, Pakistan has launched a full-scale, propaganda-driven lawfare campaign across various platforms, desperately trying to internationalise a bilateral issue. The recent
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Editor’s Note: The following excerpts have been adapted from the author’s speech delivered at the Colombo South Rotary Club at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on the eastern coast
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The European Commission is drawing up plans to break up parts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and transfer its functions to existing Commission departments, responding to pressure from France and
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China has blocked consensus at a G20 finance ministers’ summit after opposing language backed by the United States and other members calling for action against “non-market policies” blamed for worsening global trade
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China’s grip on the world’s rare-earth supply is often described in deceptively simple terms: Beijing has the minerals, the processing capacity and the leverage, while Western countries allowed their own industries to
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Sri Lanka and India have further strengthened their longstanding maritime and defence partnership following the first overseas visit of Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Admiral Damian Fernando since assuming command of the
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The United States and Sri Lanka have begun Atlas Angel II, a five-day exercise designed to strengthen their ability to respond jointly to disasters and humanitarian emergencies. Running from August 31 to
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As relations between US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have become increasingly strained, America’s ambassador to Italy has embarked on a very different form of diplomacy: a 383-foot
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The 41st Meeting of the Board of Directors of the India–Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) was held in New Delhi on 28 August 2026, with the meeting co-chaired by the High Commissioner of
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent Congress a constitutional reform proposal that would require candidates for the presidency, state governorships and the head of the Mexico City government to formally renounce any
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Tariq Rahman’s India visit cancellation, ambiguity over BRICS, and hard push for Hasina’s extradition are nothing more than a simple domestic position-strengthening exercise that almost every Bangladesh Prime Minister from the BNP
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The United States has temporarily paused visa applications from foreign nationals worldwide as its embassies and consulates prepare for new screening procedures designed to identify applicants who could potentially place a burden
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A referendum on 27 September will force Swiss voters to decide whether the country’s historic neutrality should prevent it from imposing economic sanctions on countries at war, a proposal backed by the
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North Korea has rejected a claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Pyongyang planned to send as many as 50,000 additional troops to Russia, with Kim Yo-jong describing the estimate as “groundless”
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by Our Correspondent in Hong Kong The decision by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to examine the legal and political questions surrounding an independent Tamil
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