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
Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled a new international organization aimed at shaping the future of artificial intelligence, presenting it as a platform for global cooperation while highlighting the increasingly visible geopolitical
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Israel’s parliament voted during the early hours of Friday to dissolve itself, formally launching the country’s next general election campaign, with voters set to head to the polls on 27 October. The
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Japan’s parliament approved a landmark reform of the country’s Imperial House Law on Friday, preserving the long-standing system of male-only succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne while excluding Princess Aiko, the only child
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Dozens of organisations representing Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, Taiwanese and other diaspora communities have launched a coordinated campaign opposing China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, arguing that the legislation threatens
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The growing influence of so-called political Islam over Bangladesh’s public institutions has become one of the defining developments of recent years. Once largely confined to partisan politics and sections of civil society,
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On July 12, 2026, a Dhaka court granted a three-day remand to seven people – Shah Amanat Sabir, Mohammad Hossain Tanim, Mohammad Junayed, Ataullah Shah, Mohammad Abidur Rahman, Mohammad Biojit, and Mohammad
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On the intervening night of July 13-14, 2026, Mewa Singh, an accused in a 2020 sacrilege (beadbi) case, was hacked to death by unidentified assailants inside his residence in Turan village, Fatehgarh
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When President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stood before Parliament in March and confirmed that Sri Lanka had twice turned away American warplanes seeking to land at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, the applause that
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Four years ago, Colombo was the world’s cautionary tale. A sovereign default, fuel queues that stretched for kilometres, a presidential palace occupied by its own citizens. This week, the same city is
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Editorial There is a maxim older than the Prevention of Terrorism Act, older than Sri Lanka’s constitution, older even than the Vatican’s claim to stand as conscience-keeper of nations: he who seeks
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