Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of the first named Neanderthal fossils in 1856, scientists have struggled
Allegations of sexual misconduct against Karim Khan remain under review by the executive branch of the International Criminal Court, according to an internal memo shared with staff and seen by Reuters. The
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been reappointed as president of state affairs, according to state media KCNA, following the first session of the country’s Supreme People’s Assembly. The meeting, held
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Donald Trump stated that the United States would “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened before the 48-hour deadline. Iran responded: “If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure
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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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Blaming foreign intelligence agencies has long been a part of Sri Lankan politics, particularly among left-nationalist political blocs since the end of the civil war. During times of political turmoil, conspiracy narratives
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For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) stood as a rare constant in an otherwise volatile relationship between India and Pakistan. Signed in 1960, it survived wars, military crises,
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The salience of the two readouts of the phone call on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is that the bilateral relationship between the two ‘civilisation states’
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Thousands of Dutch citizens scrambling to leave the Middle East were drawn into a high-stakes narrative of evacuation flights that never took off, after the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, De Telegraaf, ran an
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Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, located in Bossier Parish not far from Shreveport, was attacked by drone swarms during the week of October 9th. The attack disrupted B-52H aircraft launches in support of
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With the Iran war overshadowing life in the Arab world, water and food have become two resources in severe shortage in this oil-rich region—things that all the money they possess cannot buy
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Britain’s decision, reported by Reuters, to let the United States use RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for strikes linked to the Iran crisis is being sold by London as a narrow act
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The shadow of Dr. Yunus’s seventeen-month mob rule lingers, and under new Prime Minister Tarique Zia, Washington has further tightened its chains, imposing its will and systematically stripping Bangladesh of its hard-won
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People frequently assume that wars are won or lost on the battlefield. Armies advance, enemies retreat, and one side ultimately wins. However, modern wars rarely end in that manner. They end when
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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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In the escalating military confrontation between Israel and Iran, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has reportedly dropped 5,000 bombs on Iranian territory since coordinated strikes with the United States last week, according
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