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
by Eric Paul Kengor’s American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church is an unusual hybrid of rapid-response biography, ecclesiastical commentary, and ideological intervention. Written in the immediate
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US President Donald J Trump’s statement on ‘ending the war’ shortly cannot be taken on its face value. Nor do the markets, stakeholders expect the war on Iran unleashed by both US
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When geopolitical wars begin to be interpreted as the fulfillment of prophecy, strategy gives way to theology, and diplomacy becomes almost impossible. The ongoing confrontation involving the United States and
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President Trump has repeatedly warned Republican lawmakers that losing control of Congress could leave him vulnerable to impeachment, highlighting the high stakes of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans currently hold both the
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Tamil Nadu’s politics has long been defined by the dominance of two powerful Dravidian parties, leaving little space for alternative forces to emerge. Since 1967, when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam displaced the
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Sri Lanka is witnessing renewed tensions over land rights in the northern district of Mullaitivu, where Tamil communities allege that their private lands are being illegally seized for salt pan construction. Durairasa
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Iran’s clerical establishment has formally appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of Iran following the reported death of his father, Ali Khamenei. The decision was announced by the powerful Assembly
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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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