by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
by Our Correspondent in New Delhi External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a high-level meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday, emphasizing the importance of countering terrorism and strengthening
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Former President Donald Trump is pursuing a three-step strategy aimed at brokering peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, with his advisers emphasizing that the immediate focus is not on a ceasefire but
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Editor’s Note: This essay, adapted from the latest issue of Jaffna Monitor, examines the political assassination of Alfred Duraiappah in 1975 and the broader evolution of the term “traitor” within Tamil nationalist
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Investors suffered massive losses in July after a handful of US-listed Chinese microcap stocks collapsed shortly after being heavily promoted on social media. Seven Nasdaq-listed companies—Concorde International, Ostin Technology, Top KingWin, Skyline
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Brussels is revisiting a centuries-old transport link with newfound urgency, as NATO considers the Iron Rhine railway a potential strategic corridor for moving forces eastwards in the event of a conflict with
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The UAE, the United Arab Emirates, is a cancer spreading in Africa. This cancer has infected much of east Africa and is spreading into northern, central and western parts of the continent. The
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When Mahinda was at his peak, having won the 2010 presidential and general elections, an astrologer made a prediction: Mahinda would one day meet his end at the hands of a woman.
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“[Stalin] changed the old political and especially revolutionary belief expressed popularly in the proverb “You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” into a veritable dogma: “You can’t break eggs without making
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The Times of India reported on 16 August 2025 that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies uncovered a high-profile espionage case involving a senior military officer allegedly leaking classified defence information to a foreign power,
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Bolivia, long seen as a regional model of leftist governance, is bracing for a historic election that could mark the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule. Evo Morales, once celebrated
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What do we make of it? A good result came of it. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it was more important to work toward a permanent
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If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire. Here
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The Philippines and Australia have commenced their largest-ever joint military exercises as regional tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. The exercises, which include drills in Palawan province facing the
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There are reported to be well over one million stray dogs (dogs without owners) roaming the streets and platforms in almost all villages, towns, and cities in India. As dogs give birth
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Anchorage, Alaska, for a rare face-to-face summit, marking Putin’s first visit to the United States in ten years. According to reporting
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