Rajapaksa faces new lawsuits in US court
Sri Lankan torture victims have filed 10 new claims for damages in a US court against wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, lawyers for the plaintiffs and a rights group said, possibly jeopardising his plan to run for president.
Cutting down Iran to size?
WHILE Americans slumbered deeply at the weekend, ace strikers of the US air force were on an important mission and just minutes away from bombing the hell out of some desolate Persian outposts, somewhere in the desert, about to launch yet
Mueller to testify publicly on July 17 following a subpoena
Robert Mueller will testify before Congress on July 17 after House Democrats issued a subpoena for his appearance, a move that paves the way for a reluctant special counsel to answer questions publicly for the first time about his 22-month investigation into President Donald Trump.
A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border
The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States. It shows the human toll of a crisis at the border that's often debated with abstract statistics and detached policy arguments.
More Australians trust Xi Jinping than Trump
Australians' trust in China has hit a 15-year record low despite the two country's growing demographic and economic ties, a new report by an Australian think tank has found.
Eve of destruction: Iran strikes back
IT WAS a helluva week on the Iran front. It started with attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on June 13th and ended with Donald Trump ordering, and then calling off, a military attack on Iran
Writ filed seeking prevention of unnecessary C-sections
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to prevent unnecessary caesarean sections in the country.
Trump announces 'hard-hitting' new sanctions against Iran
President Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Iran Monday in part to retaliate after the downing of a US drone last week, with the punitive measures set to target Iran's Supreme Leader, military officials and its top diplomat, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
First foreign policy steps of Modi after elections
THE scheduled general election to decide who sits in India’s lower house of parliament (the Lok Sabha) ended on May 23. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its leader Narendra Modi,
SRI LANKA EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS Countering anti-Muslim actions through campaigns
THE wounds inflicted upon the body politic by the Easter Sunday bombing continue to fester and become more poisonous. They are not going away as might have been hoped for, and as might
