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 brutal police crackdown on September 27 against residents of Mannar, who have been staging a continuous 60-day satyagraha to demand community consultation on the Wind Power Project (Phase II), has drawn
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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has come under intense criticism after mistakenly including a photograph of an Israeli hostage in a social media post intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinians held in
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Editorial The latest UN Human Rights Council resolution in Geneva is a blunt reminder that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is in complete collapse. Passed without a single vote against and co-sponsored by
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For many Americans, TikTok is more than entertainment — it is a habit, and in some cases, an addiction. Jon Freilich, a 51-year-old operations manager in California, described his daily use of
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On October 6, President Andry Rajoelina appointed Army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister, replacing Christian Ntsay (2018-September 29, 2025), to quell escalating mass protests in cities like Antananarivo, Toliara, and
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Young people across Asia are facing a worsening employment crisis, with millions unable to find stable, well-paying jobs—a trend the World Bank warns could endanger social stability across the region. In its
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Israelis across the country are gathering on Tuesday to mark two years since the October 7 attack, when Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people and abducted 251 others in the deadliest assault
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The violent unrest that gripped Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in late September and early October 2025 has once again exposed the deep fissures between the region’s population and the Pakistani state.
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In a development that has sent shockwaves across diplomatic circles, The Times UK has obtained an internal Israeli military document detailing a sweeping contingency plan to forcibly relocate Gaza’s civilian population and
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Two years after the darkest day in Israel’s modern history, the families of those kidnapped by Hamas have issued an extraordinary appeal to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: award the 2025 Nobel Peace
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Hours after Hamas fighters streamed from Gaza into Israel two years ago, Amir Lorch rushed to the scene, helping recover the shattered bodies of fellow Israelis. He later deployed as a reservist
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Journalists at CBS News were left stunned Friday by reports that opinion journalist Bari Weiss, a sharp critic of mainstream media, would assume the role of editor-in-chief at the venerable network. Just
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A man in a gleaming silver wedding suit presses his lips softly to his bride’s. In the next frame, he is clad in military fatigues, climbing a white, curved stairway into the
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. The lights went out in Cuba again. For the fifth time in a year,
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In the small Brazilian town of Belém do Solimões, community activist Josiane Otaviano Guilherme points to a cluster of huts where crack cocaine is openly sold. “It’s like a kind of street
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