India is intensifying preparations for the BRICS Summit, scheduled for September 12 and 13, 2026, at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in New Delhi, as the expanded grouping prepares to address economic
A decade ago, on a road north of Bamako, Mali, the jeep I was driving in had to pull off the road to permit a French military convoy to pass. The convoy
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Newly declassified MI5 files have unveiled that Queen Elizabeth II was aware of the treachery of Anthony Blunt, a Soviet spy and member of the notorious Cambridge Five, over a decade before
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US President-elect Donald Trump has revealed plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after his inauguration on January 20. In an interview with Newsmax on Monday, Trump stated that the
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Switzerland, a country renowned for its neutrality since 1815, is set to join the European Union’s Military Mobility project, often dubbed the “Military Schengen.” The Council of Europe confirmed the decision on
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Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has embarked on his first trip to China since taking office this week. International attention has been focused on this visit, and how he
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Editorial As a small island nation, Sri Lanka is no stranger to the shifting sands of international relations. Yet, as it embarks on its second official state visit to China from January
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake last week met four new ambassadors to Qatar, Russia, Kuwait and Egypt and our first high commissioner to New Zealand who will assume their assignments shortly. All of
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The Chinese ambassador to Iran, Cong Peiwu, highlighted the promising prospects of cooperation between Iran and China within the BRICS framework, calling for stronger bilateral ties in both economic and multilateral spheres.
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The Russian Embassy in Colombo has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the inclusion of what it calls “anti-Russian” content in the ongoing World Press Photo Exhibition 2024 at Independence Square Arcade. Organized by
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Ever since the people of the world learned the need for homogeneity—be it cultural, linguistic, religious, tribal, or for the necessity to band together—and felt the need to acknowledge the existence of
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