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 United States is witnessing a dramatic escalation in immigration enforcement as the administration of Donald Trump imposes massive financial penalties on undocumented migrants who have not complied with departure orders. More
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The United States is witnessing a new escalation in political and legal tensions as the Department of Justice under Donald Trump reportedly opens a criminal investigation into journalist E. Jean Carroll, who
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Nehru-Liaqat pact had provisions for Muslims migrating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to return till December 31, 1950 if they wished to by offering them many norms that favoured them only. Dr
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Lebanon is emerging as a central battleground in the wider Middle East conflict as escalating Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks deepen fears of a prolonged regional war ahead of high-stakes negotiations in
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Inequality and Urbanism Today’s cities are hotbeds of inequality. Urban real estate is one of the most expensive kinds of land in the world. It attracts billionaires looking to store their wealth
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Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Alireza Delkhosh says the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully prepared to face US-Israeli aggression. In an interview with Shamindra Ferdinando of The Island at the Iranian Embassy, in
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The growing effort to pull Pakistan into Middle Eastern normalization politics reflects a wider strategic tension emerging across the region: the widening disconnects between externally promoted diplomatic frameworks and political realities inside
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The investigation into the Air India 171 crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people on June 12, 2025, has become increasingly contested as engineers, pilots, and aviation specialists question whether the sequence
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On the 17th of May 2026, Mr D B S Jeyaraj published his final column in ‘The Morning’. It appeared, as his columns had for years, without fanfare, a piece of careful,
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The United Nations Organization for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed grave concerns over the alleged Amendment to the recent transgender law. Indian President Droupadi Murmu made the decision, and the bill was subsequently
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On Thursday, the European Parliament delivered its most forceful condemnation of the Taliban to date. Lawmakers voted 480 to five, with 83 abstentions, to demand expanded international sanctions against Taliban leaders, enforce International Criminal Court arrest
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Myanmar’s military rulers have opened a new phase in the country’s brutal civil war, launching coordinated offensives across several strategically vital border regions in an effort to regain territory lost to rebel
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a striking disclosure that has reignited discussion around the final moments of Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, former Army Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has stated that
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A growing political storm is engulfing Argentina and Bolivia after allegations emerged that President Javier Milei’s government used military aircraft to send riot-control equipment to Bolivia while publicly presenting the operation as
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A cybersecurity chief executive who refuses to connect to airport Wi-Fi is drawing attention to the growing dangers facing the global digital economy. According to a profile published by Business Times, Patrick
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