4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (306+ words) Lai Ching-te asserts Taiwan's global right to diplomacy during surprise Eswatini visit, while China responds with unusually harsh personal attacks amid rising cross-strait tensions Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has declared that his island nation has the right to engage with…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (184+ words) Deadly rodent-borne virus suspected aboard polar expedition vessel as global health authorities investigate unfolding medical crisis off West Africa The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Herath, MP, paid Along the tense frontier between…...

2+ week, 31+ min ago  (171+ words) by Our Correspondent in Colombo Fresh violence has erupted across Manipur, signalling a renewed phase of instability. A series of incidents A group of teenage girls gathers quietly in front of a locked school gate in the The director of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (198+ words) UK government forced to abandon key legislation on Mauritius handover amid escalating US tensions and fears over Diego Garcia's strategic future, in major foreign policy setback A high-level Iranian delegation has arrived in Islamabad for direct peace talks with the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (513+ words) Allegations of orchestration, unrest, and the reshaping of power in Bangladesh The months of July and August 2024 shall remain etched in the collective memory of Bangladesh as a time of profound disquiet and moral rupture. Upon a land sanctified by…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (281+ words) We live in a time when the language of solidarity has been hollowed out, replaced by the technocratic vocabulary of "partnerships" and "investments." The Cuban mission in Angola was named Operation Carlota, in homage of the enslaved woman who led…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (619+ words) A new investigation revisits a covert 1970s deportation scheme and draws unsettling parallels to present-day policies Once there, the men were processed without explanation. Officials assigned them arbitrary professions and transported them to remote rural areas. No jobs, housing, or support…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (337+ words) As renewable energy transforms the region, economic ambitions, climate risks, and strategic rivalries are reshaping South Asia's future. Energy partnerships are becoming increasingly important in the broader geopolitical landscape of the Indo-Pacific, where infrastructure investment carries growing strategic significance. In…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1032+ words) Once home to a secret atomic arsenal, Africa chose to dismantle its nuclear capability and declare itself a weapons-free zone. As global tensions rise and nuclear politics grow increasingly ambiguous, that historic decision is being reconsidered in a world still…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (292+ words) Namibia, Angola and the DRC agree to fast-track deportations after London applies pressure amid wider immigration crackdown Despite the increase, deportations of small boat migrants remain low. In the year to September, only 2, 272 people, about 5 per cent of the 45, 659 migrants…...