Morocco is entering a more assertive phase of its foreign policy, buoyed by international backing that has strengthened Rabat’s confidence and encouraged it to revisit questions of territorial sovereignty beyond the Western
The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has long built his literary reputation on blending the absurd with the intimate, but in his latest reflections he describes a country where reality itself seems to
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued a strong condemnation of Afghanistan’s de facto authorities following the adoption of a new decree that it says legitimises child marriage
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The underlying issue in Anuradhapura is a struggle between a few families who, for years, have waged a quiet cold war over control of the Udamaluwa. Similar situations exist in Mihintale as
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Today is his birthday! According to circulating reports and political statements, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended a further 90-day detention period under the Prevention of Terrorism
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A devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with partial or total hearing loss, as relentless bombardments, collapsing medical infrastructure, and prolonged displacement reshape
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Punjab’s deteriorating security landscape entered a more dangerous phase in 2026 with the targeted killing of three Punjab Police personnel in two separate incidents – a pattern that security agencies increasingly view
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Thirty-five years ago, on 21 May 1991, a historic tragedy occurred when former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi—one of the most influential leaders of his time—was assassinated in Tamil Nadu. In
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On 11–12 May, at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, French President Emmanuel Macron stood in front of more than thirty African heads of state and announced, ‘We are the true Pan-Africanists’.
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The treatment of the flotilla activists by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was shocking only to those who continue to clothe colonial violence in the soft language of security. There is now
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There are crimes that humanity cannot name without trembling. There are silences it cannot keep without condemning itself. Gaza, May 2026: we stand at the crossroads of both impossibilities. There are moments
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