The death of Hashim Musa, a former Pakistan Army Special Services Group commando who joined Lashkar-e-Taiba after retiring from the military, raises uncomfortable questions about the movement of trained military personnel into
Sri Lanka’s future prosperity will depend on how effectively it positions itself within an increasingly complex and uncertain global environment. At a recent LEADS Forum discussion, veteran diplomat Prasad Kariyawasam, former Secretary
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World leaders gathering in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly arrive at a moment when the credibility of the UN’s collective-security system is under unusual strain. The General Debate
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US President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Wednesday, in a break with six decades of protocol that signals the importance
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US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez met in New York on Tuesday on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, in a meeting confirmed by the White House
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Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command have rejected repeated threats by US President Donald Trump against Iran, describing them as a tool of domestic propaganda
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Iran’s economy is under severe strain, but its military apparatus remains capable of continuing the war. That contradiction is central to the country’s current position, according to an analysis published by Die
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Nearly three decades after Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a Paris car crash while being pursued by paparazzi, her brother Charles Spencer has reopened some of the most contentious arguments surrounding
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Germany says it wants greater sovereignty in defence procurement, but confidential government documents indicate that its dependence on the United States is increasing as Berlin commits tens of billions of euros to
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado made three attempts to return to Venezuela within 24 hours but was unable to complete the journey, as acting President Delcy Rodríguez held a high-profile meeting
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Human Rights Watch says women detained in Myanmar face widespread torture, sexual violence and serious medical neglect, with thousands of political prisoners held since the military seized power in the 2021 coup.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her first address to the United Nations General Assembly to call for changes to the UN Charter and Security Council, including removal of provisions that still
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The US government’s difficulty in adopting artificial intelligence is not primarily a shortage of powerful models. The harder problem is reorganising the institutions around them. That is the argument made by Garrett
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Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s Rosario Murillo and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum — reveal a striking contrast in Western media portrayals of women on the political left. Rodríguez
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The column examines the documented intelligence warnings and investigative failures preceding the Easter Sunday attacks, and asks whether the subsequent appointment of former CID Director Shani Abeysekara to lead a politically sensitive
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Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contracts. They operate on a peer-to-peer
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