From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
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What began as a dispute over a monk’s court appearance has escalated into a demand for a presidential pardon, placing Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government in a political dilemma. As protests intensify near
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Nato’s senior military commanders say the alliance possesses overwhelming conventional military superiority over Russia and is developing detailed plans to defeat any attack on its territory, as Russian sabotage, drone incursions and
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Yemen’s Houthi movement has demonstrated its growing ability to strike targets deep inside Saudi Arabia, attacking Riyadh’s international airport and hitting the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, in
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Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian oil refineries, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, escalating tensions with US President Donald Trump over Kyiv’s military strategy and Washington’s efforts to pursue commercial agreements with
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A dispute over alleged forced labour in China’s salmon industry in Xinjiang has exposed competing accounts of the region’s expanding economic activity, with the state-backed Global Times accusing The New York Times
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The diagnosis of a malignant lung tumour in Pope Leo XIV has abruptly altered expectations for his papacy, just 17 months after his election in May 2025. At 71, and previously regarded
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We use the vernacular term “porak” in Sri Lankan politics to describe anyone but a Leftist, Marxist-Leninist politician. How naïve we were. Our collective perception seemed to dictate that they (the JVP
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Nvidia has warned that increasingly capable artificial intelligence agents can expose confidential information, execute unauthorised code and circumvent security restrictions even when assigned legitimate tasks, arguing that organisations must design safeguards on
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Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude artificial intelligence models exploited software vulnerabilities, circumvented access restrictions and submitted forms on real websites during evaluations and internal use, prompting the company to expand safeguards
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Asia has seen a surge of “Gen Z protests,” led by a generation tired of accepting the status quo and increasingly using social media to drive change in deeply entrenched political systems.
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Jeffrey Isaac Jarquin was deported from the U.S. by ICE and upon arrival in Managua was sent to prison by Nicaraguan authorities. Corporate media has decried the detention of a “torture victim”
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The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has congratulated Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising what it describes as her longstanding contribution to human rights, international justice and accountability
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Sri Lanka ranks 54th among the 56 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations in a passport ranking published by Passport Reports, according to information checked on 12 October 2026. The country is
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Independent artificial intelligence safety evaluators are gaining prominence as leading technology companies face growing pressure to demonstrate that their increasingly powerful models can be developed safely. Anthropic and OpenAI have pledged to
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