by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor India has decided to sideline Sri Lanka from a substantive role at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September this weekend, according to
The lighthearted “Melodi” meme surrounding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has taken on a far more serious global dimension as Modi’s European tour also triggered a
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In a wide-ranging conversation originally featured in El País, American historian and journalist Stephen Kinzer argues that Iran’s modern political trajectory cannot be understood without returning to one defining moment: the 1953
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Political and foreign affairs commentator Mohan Samaranayake meticulously deals with the overthrowing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022, in a manner that exposed the failure on the part of the then ruling
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A senior official serving in the President’s Secretary’s office in Sri Lanka has reportedly been asked to step down, amid conflicting accounts from multiple unnamed government sources
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by Our Political Affairs Editor This so-called “declaration” emerging from the rhetoric of Mullivaikkal remembrance is not a roadmap for justice, nor a credible political programme for the future. It is, at
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This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more. Mark this: as long as people are
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What was expected to be a routine internal gathering of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) central committee in Vavuniya instead escalated into a deeply chaotic and confrontational episode that has sent
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“Breaking news is constant these days. What is this breaking news? Some MPs support him. This minister supports him. But these are the same people who supported others before. G.L. Peiris stood
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Throughout Bangladesh’s history, whenever democracy has weakened, the first blows have fallen upon its institutions. The judiciary, universities, the media, and professional organizations have gradually been transformed into testing grounds for political
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The life of Golshifteh Farahani has long unfolded at the intersection of cinema, politics and controversy, but recent claims linking her indirectly to a diplomatic incident involving France’s first couple have pushed
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