SCMP(center)
Just as Sri Lanka thought it had bought some time with a one-month visa for the Iranian sailors it rescued, another of Iran’s warships appeared offshore, deepening Colombo’s struggle to stay out of a war that keeps washing up on its doorstep.
The vessel was detected nine nautical miles (17km) off th
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It was a little after 1PM on Friday, February 28th, and Samantha Lujano was about to board her flight from Dubai to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when the drone attacks began.
She had already received her boarding pass and gone through customs. Her flight was at the gate and her bags were loaded. She was sim
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Iran war and Hormuz shock fuels cost-of-living crisis across South Asia
Tauseef Ahmad
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Wed, 03/11/2026 - 15:00
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka all suffering from spike in energy and fuel costs
Kashmiris queuing for fuel, March 2026 (Junaid Bhat/MEE)
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Congressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran.
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“This is all being read inside of Iran as a war on the Iranian people.” As oil prices threaten to spike to $200 a barrel amid Iran’s pressure campaign against the U.S. and its allies, professor Narges Bajoghli returns to Democracy Now! with an update on the war on Iran and its place in the modern hi
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The war between the US, Israel, and Iran intensified on its 12th day with heavy strikes on Iranian targets and regional expansion. Iran vowed to continue fighting, rejecting ceasefire calls, while Israel aims to weaken its leadership. Fighting spread to Lebanon and Iraq, with significant casualties
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