Princess Astrid of Norway has died at the age of 94, the Norwegian royal household announced on Friday, 11 September. “Princess Astrid has died,” the royal household said in a brief statement,
In a bold move to reduce the size of the US federal government, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have turned their focus to
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Both the Russian and the US side say that the high level diplomatic meeting held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the morning of February 17th was successful. Steve Witkoff, who is Trump’s
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The following article is based on a speech delivered by the writer, the Former President of Sri Lanka, at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference, organized by the India Foundation in association with
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Maldives recorded no terrorism-linked fatality in 2024. The abduction and killing of blogger Yameen Rasheed by a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda on April 23, 2017, was the last terrorism related incident of
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The issue of who will succeed Xi Jinping, China’s paramount leader, is a subject shrouded in secrecy and delicate maneuvering. As Xi enters the midpoint of his third term, questions about his
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Over the past week, for several consecutive nights, the city of Dehdasht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province has witnessed widespread protests against recurring power outages, economic hardships, and government repression. These protests
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by Our Correspondent in Muscat, Oman Former President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, delivered a bold statement at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference, asserting that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South
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US Vice President J.D. Vance’s landmark speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday has been attributed to various factors. Some say it was an act of revenge. For years, Western European
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
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Introduction Marine Scientific Research (MSR) is a crucial activity for countries like Sri Lanka, especially as the Indian Ocean grows in strategic and scientific importance. However, there are challenges in balancing the
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