Opinion

Lankan risk of repeating past continues

SRI Lanka’s ethnic conflict appears stagnant, with a supportive international environment though. The international community with the United States, the European Union and India in the lead has been supporting

Show trial against Julian Assange

How US and British authorities are bending the law and undermining press freedom, writes Fabian Scheidler ‘THOSE who tell the truth need a fast horse,’ says an Armenian proverb. Or they

The fastest warming on Earth

by Robert Hunziker: As the massive glaciers recede, space opens at the edge of permafrost, releasing ancient methane. This is one more totally unexpected global warming headache, writes Robert Hunziker IN

Julian Assange’s grand inquisitor

The prosecution lawyers in the High Court seeking to ensure Julian’s extradition to the US rely almost exclusively on the judicial opinions of Gordon Kromberg, a highly controversial US attorney,

Coalition govt, economic challenges, and struggle for solutions

by Pranjal Pandey: ON FEBRUARY 8, 2024, Pakistan conducted its parliamentary elections with 44 political parties contesting for 265 seats in the National Assembly. This marked the 12th general election

BRICS: Treading in an uncharted territory

Humayun Kabir: Of late, I was frequently confronted with questions about the actual purpose of BRICS and its path forward by many individuals who have engagements in international businesses and,

Throwing good money after bad in Ukraine?

Ray McGovern and Lawrence Wilkerson argue that the United States should accept that no amount of US funding will change Russia’s will and means to prevail in Ukraine As US House members grapple

Univs must remain places of dialogue

by Jannis Julien Grimm: In Germany, showing empathy for victims of political violence in Israel while drawing attention to the sufferings of Gazan and West Bank Palestinians, who bear the