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
Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in The Conversation. We are republishing it as part of our syndication with them. Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae
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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, at the opening ceremony of the Defence Development–2025 military
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Sanae Takaichi is on track to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister after being elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday. The victory positions her to
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Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha has pushed back against recent reports suggesting that the President’s expenditure head in Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget has tripled compared to the previous year. He emphasized
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In the heart of downtown Johannesburg, taps have been dry for three months, factory machines sit idle, and broken lavatories leave workers with no choice but to rely on costly trucked-in water.
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The Philippines’ military leadership has firmly rejected calls from some retired officers to remove President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., emphasizing the armed forces’ commitment to constitutional order and national stability. Armed Forces chief
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Nine-year-old Parum Gurung is a digital wizard from Lame Ahal, Pokhara. When Nepal banned TikTok in 2024, he managed to override the ban. In October 1959, when I first walked across Nepal,
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“Youth is the seed of tomorrow—but a poisoned seed bears only thorns.” – Adapted from Khalil Gibran Bangladesh today faces a crisis far more insidious than politics or economics: the moral collapse
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have expanded their libel case against American conservative commentator Candace Owens, accusing her of intensifying false claims about the first lady’s gender in order
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United Nations human rights experts have expressed shock at an unprecedented wave of executions in Iran, warning that more than 1,000 people have been killed in less than nine months of 2025,
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The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 was a wake-up call for President John F. Kennedy and his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Both
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC United States has thrown the traps, after making all internal interventions to rise the NPP/JVP government to ascend to power. The Investment Climate Statement for Sri
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The proposal to grant digital voting rights to Sri Lankan expatriates has provoked fierce opposition from some quarters. In “South Asian Spring: Why Expats Should Not Get Digital Vote in Sri Lanka”
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by Satchi Sithanandan Why Tilvin Silva? Because in this precise historical moment, he is the man of the hour. The criticisms flung against him are not simply unfounded — they are envenomed
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The last night tragedy at the Na Uyana Aranya Senasana in Kurunegala is not merely an unfortunate accident; it is a stark reminder of the perilous neglect and systemic indifference that continue
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