Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
The Spanish writer Elvira Lindo has returned to the years she once spent moving between Madrid and New York, reflecting on a turbulent period that now reads, in her view, like an
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A 40-year-old man with no prior criminal record has been formally charged in France over the alleged rape, sexual abuse, and creation of child sexual abuse material involving 34 minors aged between
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During the month of April, the Straits of Hormuz continued to face the ‘double blockade’ of both the US and Iran. The word ceasefire in West Asian wars has lost its meaning
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, were a separatist militant organization founded in 1976 in Sri Lanka. The group claimed to fight for an independent
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Two Elections, One Warning In September and November 2024, Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, swept to power on a historic wave of popular discontent.
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The United States is facing a strategic reality it has long debated but rarely acknowledged so bluntly: China is no longer a “near-peer” competitor—it is a full equal. That stark assessment comes
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As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grinds into its second month, a new and troubling reality is reshaping the battlefield: the rapid rise of fiber-optic-guided first-person view drones that are proving
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For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has revealed imagery of its B-1B Lancer bomber carrying the AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution
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On 15 October 1987, Thomas Sankara, the leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated alongside twelve of his senior officials. At the time, which I remember well, there was great confusion as to
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The Trump-Putin Phone Call on 29 April lasted 90 minutes, both sides report. The call was initiated by Russia. President Vladimir Putin told Trump that the current cease fire in the Iran
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