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Iran Faces an ‘Economic D-Day’

Editorial Washington has moved from threatening an “Economic D-Day” against Iran to putting it into operation. On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretar…

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…

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…

Ukraine Hands Britain a Military AI Goldmine

Ukraine and Britain are to expand cooperation on the military use of artificial intelligence, combining Ukraine’s battlefield experience with Br…

China Builds Gold Network to Strengthen Yuan’s Global Reach

China is expanding a global network of gold vaults and accelerating central bank gold purchases as Beijing seeks to strengthen the yuan’s role i…

Israel Wants to Take War Into Space

Forty-five years ago, Mel Brooks imagined a comic future in which ultra-Orthodox Jewish astronauts protected the Jewish people from gentiles. At…

Chemmani excavation uncovers 583 sets of remains as key tests await

The third phase of excavation at the alleged Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna concluded last Wednesday, 19, with another set of human remains…

Singapore Offers €47,000 to Have a Child. Will It Work?

Singapore is offering families more than €47,000 for each child under the age of 18 as part of a new package announced by Prime Minister Lawrenc…

Sri Lanka’s FDI Trap

Investment promotion has been Colombo’s default strategy for two decades. The real barrier to foreign capital was never Sri Lanka’s pitch — it i…

US Drops Syria From Terror Sponsor List

Syria has been removed from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism, marking another significant step in the Trump administration…

Netanyahu Says Iran Tried to Assassinate His Son

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons, but provided no details abo…

Iran Is Being Driven Towards the Nuclear Threshold

The gravest danger in the present war is not that Iran has already decided to manufacture a nuclear weapon. There is no verified evidence of suc…

Putin’s Next Gamble: Forced Mobilisation

For President Vladimir Putin, the war in Ukraine has reached a difficult juncture. Russia continues to present itself as prepared to confront th…

India’s Pakistan Obsession Has a Domestic Cost

When dissent is labeled as treason, democracy itself is under threat. In India today, the “Pakistani threat” has evolved from a genuine security…

Interview: India’s North–South Demographic Myth

“‘There are no heroes, there are no villains.’ That is what the long-term demographic history of India tells us,” says historian Ravi K. Mishra.…

Against the False Symmetry of the Scissors

The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in February of this year. For six months, US missiles and bombs have fall…

Cyclone Ditwah Was Not a Natural Disaster: It Was a Debt Sentence

For a nation still recovering from its 2022 economic collapse, Cyclone Ditwah was not just a weather event. It was a fiscal earthquake. When the…

Afghanistan Is Being Ruined by Design

The Taliban returned to power nearly five years ago with grand promises of stability, but their ruling apparatus has instead pushed Afghanistan…