September exposed the changing balance of power in Sri Lanka. While the courts delivered long prison sentences over the Easter Sunday attacks and the NPP government moved to replace the Prevention of
What is the role of boldness in politics and international affairs? I ask in all seriousness. If there is a world in which President Trump’s attack on Iran somehow works out well,
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Editorial Vijitha Herath may well be, in private company, an amiable and jovial individual. That is not in dispute. Many politicians cultivate such traits and it serves them well in domestic political
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You must imagine what it must have been for Griselda Lobo Silva, who was born and raised in a farm in La Paz (Colombia), to have seen these young people walk through
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by Durga Velayudham As Iran reels from the shock of a US-backed Israeli missile strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, attention has swiftly turned to his second-oldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who
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A cache of internal planning documents, grant agreements, and budget frameworks obtained by Sri Lanka Guardian offers a rare window into a coordinated, multi-year funding strategy targeting key pillars of Indonesia’s civic
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Retired Major General Tuan Suresh Sallay, former head of the State Intelligence Service during the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime, was arrested on February 25, 2026, by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and is
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On February 17, 2026, Tarique Rahman took the oath as Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh, as Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP-alliance won 212 seats out of 297 declared seats in Jatiya Sangsad. After the ouster
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor The Military Intelligence Corps of Sri Lanka or Directorate of Military Intelligence, historically one of the most critical pillars of national security, finds itself at an unprecedented
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The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes carried out by the United States (US) and Israel triggered widespread unrest across Pakistan on March 1, 2026. The protests exposed the country’s
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In July 1987, as South Asia watched a brutal ethnic conflict spiral in northern Sri Lanka, an agreement signed between Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
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A dramatic and deadly plot to challenge Cuba’s ruling authorities has thrust Maritza Lugo Fernández, a Florida-based mother of two and former political prisoner, into the global spotlight. According to reports cited
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China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) is convening this week, bringing together roughly 3,000 representatives to approve the country’s five-year economic blueprint, which aims to transform China into a technological superpower capable of
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For decades, Palestinians have recounted the story of 1948—the Nakba, or “catastrophe”—when hundreds of thousands were expelled from their homes and villages during the creation of Israel. Now, thousands of newly discovered
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In Sri Lanka, the distance between the protest stage and the government stage is very short. Sometimes it is so short that the same people appear in both scenes — only the
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A swift strike. A toppled strongman. A decisive and visible victory. In Venezuela, the lesson seemed simple: power works when it is unmistakable — when it acts quickly and leaves no ambiguity
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