In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
by Our Correspondent in Washington DC A landmark meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump is currently underway, drawing attention both for its political significance and a symbolic
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When Mahinda was at his peak, having won the 2010 presidential and general elections, an astrologer made a prediction: Mahinda would one day meet his end at the hands of a woman.
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China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign is exposing a significant change in the politics of ethnic minority regions, as several senior officials from non-Han communities have come under investigation this year. The scrutiny began
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“[Stalin] changed the old political and especially revolutionary belief expressed popularly in the proverb “You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” into a veritable dogma: “You can’t break eggs without making
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Haidar Eid is a Palestinian professor who used to teach postcolonial and postmodern literature at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. That university no longer exists thanks to the missiles and the Zionist minds
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Henpitagedara Gnanaseeha Thero was a monk who played a pivotal role in bringing Mrs Bandaranaike into politics after the assassination of Mr Bandaranaike. Later, he established relations with China. During Mrs Bandaranaike’s
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A viral social media phenomenon in France has captured the frustrations of middle-class millennials, raising concerns among President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The fictional character “Nicolas” represents overtaxed young professionals struggling to make
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Tehran has arrested tens of thousands of people in an unprecedented crackdown on alleged Israeli espionage networks, according to a report from The Times UK. The campaign follows what officials have described
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has hit back at opposition accusations that the country’s beaches are empty because citizens can no longer afford summer holidays, calling the claims “shameful” and “unpatriotic,” The
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A frozen front may be the best case scenario for both sides Russia and Ukraine and will also please the US President Donald Trump, but there are many caveats that will have
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Remarks by the author at a panel discussion on the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, held in aid of the Peter Weerasekara Children’s Home, Yakkala. The event took place at the International Women’s Club
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China has rolled out its first-ever nationwide childcare subsidy in a bid to address its worsening demographic decline, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. The programme will provide
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Australia will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Monday, marking a break with close ally the United States as tensions escalate
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“Tyranny,” Hannah Arendt told Roger Errera in the final sentences of her last interview, “has been discovered very early, and identified very early as an enemy.” The Greeks coined tyrannos for rulers who seized
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by Luxman Aravind That was rather funny how this government works and how they are being bullied, yet they talk high with super ego. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, long hailed an “intellect,”
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