Sri Lanka’s 810-megawatt Norochcholai coal power plant will remain disconnected from the national electricity grid for several days following a nationwide blackout on 17 October, with authorities continuing safety procedures before allowing
The latest escalation in the Middle East has brought global energy markets back to a familiar point of strain: the vulnerability of supply routes concentrated in a handful of geopolitical chokepoints. At
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In a revelation that reads like a blend of science fiction and geopolitical ambition, declassified documents outline a bold and controversial plan to construct a sea-level canal across Israel’s Negev Desert using
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Fishermen in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province are facing a deepening livelihood crisis as fuel shortages, driven by global conflict in the Middle East, continue to disrupt their daily operations. N.M. Alam, Secretary
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Energy expert Vaqar Zakaria is living proof that solar power can change the economics of everyday life. For over five years, his rooftop panels in Islamabad have slashed his electricity bills, sometimes
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The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran has sent jet fuel prices soaring to unprecedented levels, doubling the cost of sorties and transforming the economics of the Israeli Air Force’s operations. With
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country has enough energy supplies to meet domestic demand despite the escalating conflict in Iran, warning that the Middle East war poses unprecedented challenges for
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Global bond markets have experienced a dramatic selloff in March, losing more than $2.5 trillion in value as the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran fuels fears of stagflation, according
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by Eric The world is not sliding into an energy crisis—it is being violently pushed into one, faster and deeper than anything seen in modern history. In just three weeks since Iran
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Ownership of Trincomalee Port was highly contested by the Dutch, French, and British as a gateway to the Bay of Bengal during the 1700s and 1800s. The famous seafarer Vice Admiral Horatio
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This is not the first time such a thing has happened in Sri Lanka. In 2023, when I returned home to visit my grandpa, I stood and watched the queues snake around
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Oil prices surged to their highest levels in nearly four years over the weekend, with analysts warning that further spikes are likely on Monday as U.S. and Iranian threats escalate the risk
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Egypt announced on Saturday that it will pay $1.3 billion in outstanding arrears to international oil companies by June, moving up its previously scheduled repayment timeline. The decision comes as the North
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The Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field on March 18, 2026, represents one of the most consequential escalations in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, as the first direct strike on critical
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It is disheartening to see even the streets turn into holding pens for people queuing for rationed fuel. This scarcity lays bare the country’s condition. Yet the issue is not which foreign
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There is a time to play politics, a time to destabilize governments for political gain, and a time to hide the truth from the people, again for political gain. This is not
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