President Trump says he'll end the war soon, when he wants to, as Iran hits ships in and near the Strait of Hormuz and warns U.S.-linked banks will be next.

Iran will allow ​Indian-flagged tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 40% of the South Asian nation's crude ...

When did you last visit a museum or gallery? Last weekend, last year, last decade? Perhaps it was for an art exhibition, or to learn about a specific time period or place. Cultural institutions exist ...

How the little-known atoll of Diego Garcia is becoming another flashpoint in the global contest between the U.S. and China ...

Deep within the Vanni, Sri Lanka’s “green lung” is being systematically drowned in the name of progress. The Kivul Oya project, a vast irrigation scheme cutting across the island’s northern reaches, ...

The bombing of a primary school in Minab on 28 February killed scores of people, most of them seven- to 12-year-old girls. The strike is the worst mass killing of the US and Israel’s war on Iran so ...

More than half of the 62 million people in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are foreign workers.

Digana, Central Province - March 09, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Tamarind Gardens Homestay announces expanded programming ...

The escalating tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel have once again exposed the fragility of the global aviation map. For three decades, the great Middle Eastern “super-connectors” ...

Sri Lanka stands at a geopolitical crossroads where geography is both its greatest asset and its most vulnerable liability. Sitting astride the Indian Ocean’s critical east-west highway, the waters, ...

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka results in significant loss of human life, elephant deaths, and extensive damage to crops and property. Despite numerous interventions over the decades, the ...