The politics of Nobel Laureate Maria Machado will take Venezuela to the US camp if elected President
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, October 14 – Maria Corina Machado (58), who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, got it for her indefatigable fight for democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. This South American country, like many others in the Global...
Afghan Foreign Minister holds special presser for women after barring them first
By Geeta Pandey/ BBC News, Delhi New Delhi, October 13 – Female journalists occupied front-row seats at the Afghan Taliban foreign minister’s press conference in Delhi on Sunday. \ It’s often said that a picture can speak a thousand words. The one in Indian newspapers...
Why is the Sri Lankan government reluctant to hold provincial council elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, October 13 – Recent pronouncements by Sri Lankan government leaders regarding provincial council (PC) elections raise more doubts than hope that the elections will be held any time next year. The latest announcement came from Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath who told ...
Pathfinder Foundation’s Security Brief – Why “technology” is key to Sri Lanka’s maritime security
Colombo, October 13 – Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean, along the vital East-West shipping lanes connecting the Straits of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and Malacca, grants the country considerable geopolitical and economic significance. With a vast maritime territory that includes a territorial sea...
Pathfinder Foundation Participates in 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China
Colombo, October 13 – Admiral Dr Jayanath Colombage, a distinguished fellow of the Pathfinder Foundation, took part in the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, held in Beijing, China, representing the Pathfinder Foundation and Sri Lanka. This year’s forum was held under the main theme of “Upholding...
Sri Lanka’s “Black October” – the 1990 mass expulsion of Northern Province Muslims by LTTE
The mass expulsion of Muslims from the North in October 1990 was a humanitarian tragedy. Uprooting people from their historical habitat at gunpoint and driving them away after depriving them of their cash and jewellery was despicable and unpardonable. I have often written about this...
No role says India on absence of women journos in Taliban leader’s presser in Delhi
New Delhi, October 11 (NDTV) – India on Saturday asserted that it had “no role to play” in the press conference addressed by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi – which sparked outrage as no women were ‘allowed’ in it. According to...
Nobel panel president on why award did not go to Donald Trump
“Our decisions are based on work’: Nobel panel president on why award did not go to Donald Trump
No woman reporter allowed in Afghan FM’s presser in New Delhi
By Shubhajit Roy/Indian Express New Delhi, October 11 – Minutes before Taliban-led Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi walked into the Afghan embassy in Delhi, an angry young Afghan stomped out with a flagpole. “I will not let them hoist the Taliban flag as long...
Trump and Modi clash on key issues despite good personal chemistry
By P.K.Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, October 10 – US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoy good personal chemistry, and yet, they have been unable to bridge the gulf between their national interests. The tariff issue, with Trump pitching duties on Indian goods...
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