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
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In the heart of Ankara, less than a kilometer apart, stand two pillars of Turkish academia: the Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiye) and the Faculty of Language and History-Geography (DTCF). Mülkiye was
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For over seven decades, NATO has stood as the cornerstone of Western defense, binding Europe and North America in a collective security pact. Yet, in the wake of the Iran conflict, President
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In the early hours of March 23, a remarkable flurry of trades took place in global oil markets. Between 6:49 and 6:50 a.m., over $580 million of Brent and West Texas Intermediate
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The JVP-NPP government continues to signal left and turn right. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake often does the diametrical opposite of what he promised to do while he was an Opposition MP, so
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