Sri Lanka’s post-1978 political history offers a curious pattern: constitutional amendments designed to strengthen those in power have often produced consequences that later weakened or destroyed them. From the Second Amendment and
The streets of Geneva became the stage for a sweeping display of political anger and social unrest on the eve of a G-7 summit set to take place in nearby Évian-les-Bains. What
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Environmental degradation is increasingly reshaping the global security landscape. From the Middle East to Central Asia, climate change, water stress, and ecosystem decline are becoming strategic challenges with profound political and economic
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India’s weekly media briefing of June 2, 2026, showed a familiar kind of rhythm in New Delhi’s diplomacy strong language, defensive framing, and a sort of selective principles use when regional disputes
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by Durga Velayudham Suresh Sallay is now a detention case the state cannot bury under procedure, and the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture arriving in Sri Lanka between 15 and 24
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During the recent assault on Gaza, thousands of activists witnessed their posts deleted or their accounts restricted simply for documenting Israeli occupation crimes or expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. This is far from
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The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka from 15 to 24 June, marking its first visit to the country in seven years, to
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Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides, but the types of pesticides they use, the circumstances
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Reliable government sources have indicated that a former President may be arrested as a suspect in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, intensifying scrutiny around a case that continues to reverberate through
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Seventeen years after the cessation of open conflict, the north of Sri Lanka still carries the physical memory of war in its soil like an unspent sentence. Jaffna does not present itself as a
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered
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Pakistan launched a new wave of air strikes inside Afghanistan on Wednesday, ending weeks of relative calm along the countries’ volatile frontier and reigniting tensions between two neighbors whose relationship has been
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Bill Gates appeared before a congressional committee in Washington on Wednesday and delivered his most detailed public account yet of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, telling lawmakers that he
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Donald Trump’s war in Iran has been an unmitigated disaster. The conflict has killed thousands, disrupted the lives of millions more, imposed enormous (and rising) economic costs, and yielded no discernible strategic
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by Luxman Aravind It is increasingly evident that the current government is engineering a series of incidents capable of inflaming public sentiment, in an attempt to divert attention from its domestic and
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A sweeping shift in European public opinion toward the United States has been revealed in new survey data highlighted by Die Zeit, capturing what analysts describe as a rapid erosion of trust
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