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When Security Becomes Politics

India has legitimate security concerns arising from cross-border militancy. Its history of terrorist attacks and regional confrontation gives Ne…

The Taliban’s Resistance Problem

The message sent by the Andarab Resistance Front is one which can not be ignored even on the battlefield. The group declared Panjshir, Andarab,…

The Man Who Crossed the Suicide Line

It was in September 1990, almost 36 years ago, that the Old Dutch Fort in Jaffna — the seat of government in Jaffna and an Army camp — was attac…

Tourism’s Geopolitical Trap

Just months ago, Sri Lanka

How Islam Became a New Battleground in Europe

The political fight over Islam in Spain is no longer confined to mosques, immigration or religious clothing. It has reached school canteens, bor…

Trump’s North Korea Gamble Alarms America’s Asian Allies

President Donald Trump’s decision to order the Department of Defense to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea has unsettled one of Wa…

China’s Tax Crackdown Hits Corporate Profits

For more than two decades, Heilongjiang Agriculture never reported a first-half loss as a public company. That record is ending this year after…

Dozens Confirmed Dead, Hundreds Missing in Nepal Flash Flood

A flash flood in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi River has left dozens confirmed dead and hundreds unaccounted for, sweeping through settlements, markets and…

CIA Chief’s Moscow Trip Signals New U.S.-Russia Contact

U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed…

Iran and Oman Seek Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz

Iran and Oman have restarted discussions aimed at managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran faces heightened economic pressure fr…

335 Bullets, One Dead Child: Israel Opens a Narrow Inquiry Into Hind Rajab’s Killing

Five-year-old Hind Rajab Hamada was killed in Gaza on 29 January 2024 after her family fled attacks by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Str…

Germany Is United — But Not Equal

On New Year’s Eve 1989, as the Berlin Wall had fallen and reunification was becoming imaginable, photographer Maurice Weiß of the Ostkreuz agenc…

Afghanistan’s Malnutrition Crisis Puts One Million Children at Risk

Around 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from acute malnutrition, with the condition threatening the lives of one million of the…

Sri Lanka’s 22A Power Quagmire

The government’s high-profile bid to enact the 22nd Amendment has failed to secure tangible support beyond the NPP, either inside or outside Par…

Syria’s Kurdish SDF Dissolves After a Decade of War

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, have formally dissolved as an independent military force and completed their integration into…

Sri Lanka’s 22nd Amendment faces 21 petitions as BASL seeks Chief Justice’s recusal

A challenge over the proposed extension of judges’ retirement ages has intensified after the Bar Association of Sri Lanka asked Chief Justice Pr…

Colombia’s New Deportation Drive Puts Millions of Venezuelans on Edge

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered the immediate launch of police operations to identify and deport irregular migrants, s…

Sallay’s mother asks Sri Lanka president to end son’s detention

The mother of former State Intelligence Service chief Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay has appealed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake n…