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
Israeli and Hezbollah forces engaged in intense exchanges of fire early Sunday along the Israel-Lebanon border, marking a dramatic escalation in their protracted conflict. Hezbollah revealed that it had unleashed hundreds of
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Several major airlines in European countries announced the suspension of flights to and from Israel and Lebanon Sunday following escalating hostilities between the two Mideast countries. According to French news channel BFMTV,
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There is a Zen proverb — ‘If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.’ All the show of contrived enthusiasm by the US President Joe Biden and CIA Director
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The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the current round of Israeli-Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7 has surpassed 40,000, Gaza-based health authorities confirmed
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has raised concerns about his personal safety amid his ongoing efforts to normalize relations with Israeli Israel, revealing to visiting US lawmakers that he fears assassination
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Reports have surfaced alleging that a high-ranking American security delegation, mediated by Oman, secretly traveled to Tehran to de-escalate tensions in the region between Iran and Israel. The report, originally published by
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It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying to gather as many Palestinians as possible in one place and then kill them all. Ahmed Abed and his family fled the
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In this issue, focused on Fred M’membe’s arbitrary detention in Zambia, the escalating military tensions in Korea, and the devastating airstrike in Gaza. We also address the security threats facing Colombia’s President
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The latest Israeli spin has it that Iran cannot make up its mind whether to retaliate or not for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 28 while on a
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The situation in the Middle East, where the aspirations of Iran and Israel have once again collided, is paradoxical in that there is no way out. Both sides would like to put
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In 1982, I was with Israel’s army when it invaded southern Lebanon. We moved from menacing village to village ready for an attack by Hezbollah fighters. Israel’s objective was to seize the
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The Israeli security cabinet convened an emergency session tonight in the underground command room known as “The Pit,” located beneath the Security Ministry’s headquarters in the Kirya, Tel Aviv. This high-level meeting,
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Amidst the scorching summer heat, Egyptian driver Mohammed Abdel-Fattah waits anxiously to deliver his truck, loaded with medical and humanitarian aid, into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, which has been
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This week’s news highlights escalating tensions and activism worldwide. Israel’s airstrikes have struck Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, worsening regional conflicts. In the U.S., protests have erupted over the police killing
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This is the time of inqisām. A time of severance, of breaking apart, of the utter destruction of Gaza, the dissolution of its inhabitants, its communities, and its infrastructures, of lives and everything
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