Year: 2026
Re-evaluation after the ballots in Bangladesh
By Ragib Anjum The ballots have been counted. The uncertainty has not. In the days after 12 February, the long-awaited election day, Bangladesh...
Sajith warns of intensifying Middle East conflict and impact on Sri Lanka
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has warned that the growing involvement of Houthi fighters in the Middle East conflict could have serious economic and...
Iran clears 20 Pakistan-flagged vessels through Hormuz
Iran has approved 20 Pakistani-flagged vessels to sail though the strait of Hormuz, Pakistani deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar said...
Rules for some, chaos for others: Overcoming the global energy lockdown
By Vox Civis Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared something that would have sounded profound in the pre-Trump era, but not these days....
Nepal’s ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protests last year. More...
One fuel price formula, many factions, no consensus?
By Madhusha Thavapalakumar The government, the state energy corporation, independent researchers, and opposition politicians are all at odds over how Sri Lanka prices...
Cuba and the end of an era
By Milinda Moragoda Cuba’s deepening crisis represents more than the failure of an economic model-it signals a turning point in Global South politics....
Nepal swears in ex-rapper as new prime minister
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shahhas been sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister after a landslide victory in the country’s first election since last year’s youth-led...
Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed to US-Israel allies
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and any transit through the waterway will face “harsh...
Bombs in the name of freedom: The war on Iran and its limits
By Lionel Bopage This article is a critical examination of the 2026 US–Iran conflict, its humanitarian toll, and the enduring struggle for self-determination....
