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
Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Sunday Morning, the Colombo-based weekly. We are on the cusp of a remarkable fortnight in Asian geopolitics. By the time this column reaches readers,
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China showcased its latest strategic weapon, the DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), during a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War
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A Haaretz investigation has revealed that Colonel Haim Cohen, commander of the Northern Brigade in the Gaza Division, visited the Nova music festival just an hour before the deadly Hamas attack on
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A federal judge in San Francisco has barred the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in California, delivering a blow to the president’s efforts to expand military involvement in domestic law
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored their nations’ shared responsibility to preserve the memory of World War II during talks in Beijing on Tuesday, ahead of a military
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The partition of British India in India in 1947 formed the two nations of India and Pakistan, Pakistan being split into two geographically and cultural distinct wings: East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
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On 8 December 2024, the government of Bashar al-Assad collapsed as the army of the former al-Qaeda leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa entered Damascus and seized the institutions of the Syrian state. The Syrian
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United States government agencies began to repeat the name “Tren de Aragu”’ as if it were the new al-Qaeda. In January 2025, the White House designated Tren de Aragua
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Kachchativu Island is located in the Palk Bay, one and a half nautical miles from the India–Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), on our side of the IMBL. It lies well
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On August 21, 2025, more than 30 militants were killed in a powerful explosion inside a mosque in the remote Hilki area near the Afghan border in the Charmang tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur
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