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
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (popularly known as AKD) led National Peoples Power (NPP)’s landslide victory in the general election in November 2024 two-thirds majority – in parliament, sends many signals. The NPP
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by Luxman Aravind Hours after escaping death, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, told the media, “I could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin
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The United States has unveiled a new set of stringent export controls aimed at stifling China’s progress in developing an advanced semiconductor industry and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with military applications. These
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If the countries of the region do not contribute to defeating the terrorists in Syria, insecurity and chaos will spread like a virus throughout the region. While all eyes were on the
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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, has issued a last-minute ultimatum to Prime Minister Michel Barnier, demanding that he negotiate a budget deal with her party to prevent
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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on Sunday that it has severed scientific collaborations with Russian scientists, effectively ending a 60-year cooperation agreement with Moscow. The Swiss-based research center cited
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Editorial Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. commonly known as Joe Biden, whose presidency may be remembered as one of the most glaring failures in American political history, is now preparing to depart the
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In early November this year, following the appointment of a new president, many headlines were grabbed by news of the recall to Colombo of 16 heads of Sri Lankan missions overseas including
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Pakistan’s political landscape has become a battleground of chaos in recent years, with the relentless march of street protests drowning out the quiet, yet essential, hum of institutional dialogue and democratic processes.
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The stories of Gautham Adani and Narendra Modi’s nexus have been heard for a long time, and it was also revealed by the opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in a recent rally that
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Shalom Nagar, the Israeli prison guard who oversaw the execution of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, has passed away at the age of 86. His death marks the end of an era,
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by Luxman Aravind He continues to hoard power rather than decentralising it, and not a single soul dares to challenge him. His charisma—manifested through his calculated walks from the Presidential Office to the Finance Ministry, his
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Introduction This month we had the 107th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution[i] (November 6–7 on the Gregorian calendar). It was a beacon of light for humanity pointing the way towards an
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In “On Compromises”, Vladimir Lenin (1917) said: “The term compromise in politics implies the surrender of certain demands, the renunciation of part of one’s demands, by agreement with another party.” In thinking
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In a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, following the two-day Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed grave concerns for the safety of US President-elect Donald Trump. Addressing
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