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
Taiwan is set to hold a landmark recall election on Saturday, with voters deciding whether to remove up to 24 lawmakers from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, potentially altering the balance of
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by Mendaka Samarasinghe “Do you really believe Anura is running this show alone?” a senior business editor asked me recently over coffee in Cinnamon Gardens. “He’s got help—old help.” I didn’t have
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The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Friday declared the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional, bringing a sudden halt to one of the country’s most politically charged proceedings in
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The 80th birthday celebration of former President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the BMICH in Colombo provided not just a platform for well-wishers to honour
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United Nations human rights experts have welcomed the recent lifting of long-standing international sanctions on Syria by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, marking a significant turning point after
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to resign following his party’s poor performance in last week’s elections, signaling deepening political instability as nationalist movements gain ground across the country. Ishiba, who
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Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in decades, the scale of the conflict is bewildering. Between 60-200 armed groups are now active, with members in total
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At least ten Afghans who supported British forces have reportedly been killed by the Taliban in the wake of a massive UK government data breach, raising grave concerns about the handling of
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“We seek to make Sri Lanka a loyal supporter of Israel in International Fora. We also champion the cause of recognising the inalienable right of Israel and the Jewish people to her
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a dramatic and controversial reversal, the National Police Commission (NPC) has decided to dismiss Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nilantha Jayawardena from the Sri Lanka Police,
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Documents expose UK’s close ties with Azerbaijan amid crackdown on dissent and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Newly declassified British government files have revealed that the UK’s Metropolitan Police delivered counter-terrorism training to officers in
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal, and several executives and journalists, over a report linking him to
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Ministers have confirmed that 16-year-olds will be able to vote in the upcoming UK general election, fulfilling a key commitment from Labour’s manifesto to lower the voting age for parliamentary elections. This
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has openly questioned the widespread push by local governments to invest in the same set of trendy industries — a move that underscores growing concern within Beijing over
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Reason seems to have been gradually abolished by the language of bombs. As weapons systems get ‘smarter’ and ‘smarter’, the range of diplomatic instruments used by the Global North states becomes blunter
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