Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
As uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration continues, a growing number of wealthy Americans are seeking refuge for their assets in Switzerland. Private bankers, investment managers, and multi-family offices have reported a surge
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HSBC’s chair, Sir Mark Tucker, has raised concerns about the future of globalisation, suggesting that the current form of interconnected global trade may be nearing its end. In a speech at the
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Switzerland. ‘Fight to the last cartridge, then use your bayonets!’ Gen. Henri Gulsan So warned the retired US general Ben Hodges in an interview with the newspaper SonntagsBlick. Hodges was the former US
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Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Turkey, responding to the controversial arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most
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Ukraine has issued a strong warning about the potentially “really damaging” consequences if the European Union fails to extend its emergency trade measures, which are set to expire on June 5. The
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The UK government has imposed sanctions on four individuals accused of committing serious human rights violations during the Sri Lankan civil war, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and sexual violence. The sanctions, announced
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by Our Special Correspondent A controversial post published on QQ, a popular instant messaging platform in China, has generated significant attention after a Chinese blogger suggested military retaliation against Niger following the
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A new United Nations report paints a grim picture of the profound toll Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken on the country’s children over the past three years. The report, released today
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Since returning to office in January 2025, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued a radical reshaping of U.S. foreign policy. In early March, the State Department terminated foreign assistance programs supporting political opposition and regime
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Trump 2.0 has had a tumultuous start. While Trump has always been erratic and almost deliberately unpredictable, the scope and magnitude of changes being ushered in this Trump 2.0 administration is qualitatively
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by Our Correspondent in London In a highly secured shipyard located in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain is embarking on one of the most complex engineering projects in its history with the construction of the
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In 1945, when the United Nations Charter was drafted, its authors and those who first adopted it carefully crafted language on how to deal with armed conflict in the world. Between the signing of
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With the resumption of mass-scale bombings of Gaza by Israel, the genocide of the Palestinian people is again entering an active phase. The “ceasefire” that comes to an end, however, was dominated
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has made a striking public reversal in his relationship with the President Donald Trump, a shift that has left many longtime associates and employees surprised, as reported by
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Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), met with Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Defence Ministry in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte, today to
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