Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home. With the current account weakening, thousands of workers
by Luxman Aravind There is a rancid stench that fills the air every time a butcher steps on the UN stage—a putrid legacy of violence, oppression, and human suffering masked by hollow
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In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Musa Baraka surveys his orchard with a mix of resignation and despair. The 55-year-old farmer’s land, once teeming with over 100 thriving palm trees, now tells a
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s global news dispatches, Israel escalates its conflict by extending its military campaign into Lebanon, raising concerns of regional destabilization. Meanwhile, Argentina’s university community mobilizes against President Milei’s
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Few people know that Lebanon was once part of Syria. It was separated from Syria by Imperial France and transformed into a nominally Maronite Christian nation. Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, and Druze
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Tears welled in Elias Jradi’s eyes as the surgeon stepped out of an operating room at Ragheb Harb Hospital in Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh. Inside the operating room were dozens of
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Recent explosions of communications devices in Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah, along with the assassinations of top Hezbollah commanders, have raised alarms across the Middle East. Many experts warned that the confrontation between
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On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution that demanded that Israel immediately withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) of East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank. The resolution used
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Editorial Lebanon is under siege—not from a visible enemy marching across borders, but from a covert onslaught that has turned everyday devices into instruments of death. In a chilling blend of tradecraft
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Editorial The coordinated breach of Hezbollah’s encrypted communication devices on September 17, 2024, has dramatically altered the landscape of modern warfare and intelligence, sending shockwaves through global security. This incident, resulting in
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Encrypted pagers used by Hezbollah and their sponsors in Lebanon and Syria simultaneously started exploding earlier yesterday, September 17. This was the backbone of Hezbollah and Iranian communications in Lebanon and Syria. It
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his American counterpart on Monday that time is running out for a diplomatic solution to prevent a full-scale war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. In a phone
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You must drive up a hill to get to Birzeit University, which is just outside Ramallah (West Bank, Occupied Palestine Territory or OPT). It is a beautiful campus, established in 1924 as
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Israel announced Sunday that it has closed all three of its border crossings with Jordan after three people were reportedly killed in the morning at one of the crossings. Earlier on Sunday,
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s global news dispatches, political and social unrest takes center stage as governments grapple with growing challenges. From escalating political tensions in Honduras, continued military actions in the
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The Israeli Defense Ministry said on Monday that since the beginning of its military operations in Gaza, the country has received more than 50,000 tons of military equipment and ammunition. “The equipment
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