Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces renewed political pressure as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and separate student and civil society groups stage protests on Friday demanding the resignation of Chief
United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka recently thanked Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa for recognising the Janathawadi Joint Opposition as a real challenge to the National People’s Power
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In the recent past, no Indian Defence Minister has visited Sri Lanka. Even during the decisive phase of the war in Sri Lanka’s North and East, no Indian Defence Minister visited the
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China’s first trade war with the United States in 2018 may have done more than disrupt global commerce. According to the latest issue of The China Leadership Monitor (CLM), it marked a
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The latest issue of The China Leadership Monitor (CLM) examines a question with growing global significance: is China working with Russia not only to blunt American power but also to advance alternative
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The Pentagon has launched customised versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving roughly 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative artificial intelligence tools designed around what the Department of
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by Durga Velayudham For much of the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s military posture in Europe rested on a stark premise: if war came, Soviet forces would advance rapidly into Western Europe.
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Mystery continues about the strange Ratcliffe visit to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on
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Ohio State University has agreed to pay a US$2.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose employees’ ties to China when applying for federal grant funding, the US Department
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The Confederation of Sahel States (AES) has condemned a military uprising in Niger’s capital Niamey as “treason”, praising the courage and professionalism of loyal forces that repelled attacks on strategic locations. In
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Sri Lankan security authorities have seized 463 kilograms of ‘Ice’ methamphetamine, with an estimated value of more than Rs 800 crore, from a container carrying a consignment of towels that had been
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Sri Lanka and India have further strengthened their longstanding maritime and defence partnership following the first overseas visit of Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Admiral Damian Fernando since assuming command of the
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Kangpokpi District has emerged as a major centre of violence in Manipur in 2026, with killings, village attacks, abductions and armed clashes increasingly reflecting a Naga-Kuki fault line. The escalation is significant
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The Trump White House has put into place a series of mechanisms to fix or invalidate the midterm elections. Congress will not save us. The courts will not save us. Our only
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Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most famous cricket captain and the current Leader of the Opposition, whose elected government was toppled on military orders in 2022 has been in prison for the last three
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On August 26, 2026, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police, in a joint operation with the Hailakandi Police, arrested Fazal Islam Barbhuiyan (21), an alleged operative of the Pakistan-based
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