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
On 28 February, a few hours after negotiators said that Iran had accepted many of the demands regarding its nuclear programme, the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. This was
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As tensions escalate in the Middle East, many global actors have failed to correctly identify the source of the conflict. A section of Sri Lanka’s political circles appears caught in the same
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In 2025, Britain’s demand for coal fell to just under 1 million tonnes, the lowest level since 1600, a year when Queen Elizabeth I reigned and William Shakespeare’s works first graced the
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Billions of people around the world, including citizens in countries whose government leaders have thought it fit to launch this Israel/US–Iran war, believe that this insane conflict should be stopped immediately. It
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The Strait of Hormuz—just 55 kilometres wide—has once again become the epicenter of global anxiety. This narrow sliver of water, separating Iran from Oman, channels roughly 20–30% of the world’s daily oil
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka will disembark the crew of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Booshehr in Colombo before moving the ship to Trincomalee, where it will remain anchored until
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is poised to allow the Iranian naval ship IRIS Booshehr to make a port call, following the sinking of its sister vessel, IRIS Dena, which
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Five days after the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in what is widely reported as a US-Israel strike, India formally expressed its condemnation and
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Will the arrest of Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief Major General Suresh Salley in the last week of the month, in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed nearly
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Reliable defence sources in Colombo have asserted that while Sri Lanka continues rescue operations for crew members aboard the stranded Iranian vessel IRINS Booshehr, the U.S. Indo-Pacific
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