Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has refused to disclose diplomatic records concerning trade barriers, export delays and efforts to address the trade deficit with Pakistan, citing potential harm to diplomatic relations. The refusal
A new report from the Atlantic Council sheds light on Russia’s increasingly close relationships with China, Iran, and North Korea, revealing how these partnerships have become crucial for Moscow as it continues
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An international investigation in partnership with Haaretz has uncovered a vast global surveillance operation involving an Indonesian company, First Wap, which allegedly sold advanced tracking technology used to monitor journalists, political figures,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reportedly halted a high-level defence delegation’s planned visits to Israel, Iran, and Egypt, citing concerns over the complex geopolitical implications such trips
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Something happened that caused Donald Trump to “cancel” the expected meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in Budapest. Consider this: Plans were moving ahead for the meeting. Hungary’s Foreign Minister arrived in
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“Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know,” the 18th-century British writer Lord Chesterfield advised his son. But common sense doesn’t stay that way. While it appears to
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On October 20, National Mobilization Front (NMF) fighters carried out a targeted operation in Kabul city in the vicinity of the First District. The target of this operation was a prominent ‘commander’
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The homecoming of Thuingaleng Muivah, the supremo of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM), to his native village, Somdal in Manipur’s Ukhrul District, on October 22, 2025, after five decades,
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The walls of Santiago, Chile – the city where I live – are marked with faded graffiti from the estallido social (social uprising) of 2019. Years later, these slogans continue to spill onto the
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Chinese and Russian operatives are allegedly using “sex warfare” tactics to seduce and spy on Silicon Valley professionals in a growing espionage campaign targeting the U.S. technology sector, according to a report
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Russia secretly acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic, using front companies to procure sensitive equipment from U.S. and European suppliers, according to an investigation by The
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The spectacular heist of jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris has many people wondering how a theft like this could occur in broad daylight and what might happen to the items
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There’s no historical precedent for this choice. Since the end of World War II, America’s elected leaders have upheld a commitment to US leadership in a troubled world. In service of that
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Beijing has cautioned that the UK’s increasing “politicization” of Chinese business projects may influence companies’ willingness to invest in the country, Bloomberg reports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Thursday that in
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Zhi Dong Zhang, a notorious Chinese drug lord and key figure in a transnational criminal network linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has been apprehended in Cuba
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The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced today the coercive measures being exerted by the United States ahead of the upcoming United Nations vote on the resolution calling for the
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