Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared that she will return to Bangladesh before the end of the year, dismissing a death sentence handed down against her in absentia and
In the immediate aftermath of a security scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, social media platforms were flooded with conspiracy theories claiming the incident had been staged. According
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Two years after the death of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Yulia Navalnaya says she still hears her husband’s voice. It is not only a memory but a guiding force, shaping her
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When Chandrika, who came to power in 1994, appointed A.S. Jayawardena as Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, it was as if a bomb had gone off within the government. A.S. Jayawardena
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Afghanistan does not need a softer public relations line. It needs proof that it can act like a responsible state. That means controlling armed groups, respecting borders, treating its own people with
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has reportedly placed an order to purchase a specialised machine valued at Rs. 700 crore (approximately seven billion rupees) from German company Giesecke+Devrient (G&D) to detect
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Commemorating its centennial, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has begun a serious conversation with a bevy of stakeholders in the West especially the United States and Europe. As part of its global outreach, RSS General
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Vasuki Sudhagaran, North-East Director of the Organization for the Development of Eelam Tamil Women and Children, has accused individuals who previously spoke strongly in favor of Tamil national rights of now aligning
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Iran’s leadership has retreated into the shadows, with its newly installed supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly governing through a clandestine web of couriers while recovering from devastating injuries. As the war
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On April 22, 2026, Nepal’s Home Minister Sudhan Gurung resigned amid mounting criticism over alleged financial links and share transactions with controversial intermediaries. At the centre of the controversy is Dipak Bhatta,
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During some of the worst days of the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, I was talking to friends who were in the civilian areas being bombed. Some of them are scholars, others
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