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
On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”,
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Donald Trump’s decision to name former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to a leading role in overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has stirred unease among several Arab and Muslim nations, according to
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In the months leading up to the Gaza ceasefire deal, Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned Palestinian leader often dubbed the “Palestinian Mandela,” received a confrontational visit in his cell from Israel’s far-right security
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Britain has reversed its stance and deployed military personnel to Israel to join a US-led multinational effort tasked with monitoring the precarious Gaza ceasefire, Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed, just days after
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“No child should be resilient to slaughter, genocide, and massacre. Being resilient is used to justify what is happening before our eyes and later we will call them survivors.”Pradeep Samanjeeva, Project Medical
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Early on Wednesday, Mahmoud ventured from the ruins of Nuseirat in central Gaza to a makeshift market that had emerged amid the devastation of war. By 6 a.m., masked men carrying guns
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Hamas tightened its control over Gaza’s devastated cities on Tuesday, executing suspected collaborators and clashing with rival clans, even as U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to disarm the militant group under a
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by Our Correspondent in Doha In a scene that will likely be remembered as one of the defining moments in modern diplomacy, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made his mark at an
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Hamas congratulated newly freed Palestinian prisoners and their families on Monday, describing their release as a “bright national milestone” in the ongoing struggle for independence and sovereignty. In a statement, the movement
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and supreme commander of
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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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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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‘Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan’ ~ Attributed to Count Ciano How very true. Thunderous self-congratulations echo over the temporary ceasefire in Gaza that many hope will end two years
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by Our Correspondents Washington DC and Doha Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that will see 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages, marking the first major step
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Senior negotiators from the United States, Qatar, and Turkey have joined renewed efforts to end the war in Gaza, as mediators intensify pressure on Israel and Hamas to resolve differences over former
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