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
A fishing vessel carrying 170 migrants came under fire from a Libyan militia on Sunday, highlighting the growing risks faced by migrants attempting to reach Europe. The attack, reported by Times UK,
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Dozens of journalists covering the U.S. Defense Department vacated their offices at the Pentagon on Wednesday and returned their press credentials after refusing to sign a new Pentagon access policy, Reuters reports.
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Italy’s top court has blocked the extradition to Germany of Sergey Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian national suspected of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage. The Court of Cassation ruled in favor
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Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has categorically denied recent media reports claiming that a building located near the Menik Ganga in Kataragama belongs to him, describing such claims as completely false and misleading.
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Police in China have detained dozens of pastors from one of the country’s largest underground Christian congregations over the weekend, church representatives and family members told Reuters, marking the most sweeping religious
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups produced in India, urging governments worldwide to report any detection of the medicines and remove
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Since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster on August 5, 2024, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has not only unleashed itself as a formidable domestic force in Bangladesh, but also very much on the international level. As the
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Editorial In a society that prides itself on the rule of law, it is both shocking and infuriating to witness those entrusted with upholding justice brazenly flout it. The recent incident at
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Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi are set to chair a high-profile Gaza peace summit on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, bringing together leaders from more than 20 countries to
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On October 8, 2025, over one lakh tea garden workers and allied members of Assam’s tea-tribe community protested in Tinsukia District, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, higher wages, and land rights. The
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of
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Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests forced limits on presidential powers. In 2025, the new government has been pushing further toward a parliamentary system, which was in
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Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing efforts to promote democracy and human rights in her country, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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