he West’s moves aimed at regime change in Syria are on a  fast track. But regime change won’t come about as easily as the West thinks. Syria is certainly not going to be like Iraq or Libya although the war in Syria has escalated and the rebels seeking to topple the Bashar al-Assad regime have grown to be a better …

The Islamic Centre for the Physically Handicapped at Doolmala, Thihariya was established in May 1984 with about five students and gradually expanded to 250 at present. It has 40 dedicated academic and supporting staff who patiently and diligently help the pupils develop their innate skills and abilities. The Centre provides formal education, vocational training, rehabilitation, food, accommodation and medical care …

මුස්ලිම් වරුන්ට පහර ගැසීමට සැමවිටම පුලපුලා බලා සිටින ආගම්බේධ වාදීන් විසින් මේ දින වල රමදාන් උපවාසයද ඉලක්ක කර ඇති බැව් දක්නට ලැබේ. ඔවුන් මෙසේ දැවැන්ත මඩ ප්‍රහාරයන් දියත් කරන්නේ අනි කිසිදු හේතුවක් නිසා නොව ඊර්ෂ්‍යාව නිසා ඉතා පැහැදිලි කරුණකි. ඔවුන් රමදාන් මාසයත් වෙසක් පෝය දිනත් සංසන්ධනය කරන්නට හදන්නේ ඒ නිසයි. වෙසක් පොහොය යනු එක් දිනකි. රමදාන් යනු දින 30ක් හෝ …

Russian Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin briefs correspondents following the Security Council’s unanimous decision to extend the mandate of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) for 30 days. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine   UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 2012 (IPS) – Just before the Western-inspired resolution against Syria was vetoed in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey …

Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer Fareed Zakaria addressed the Harvard Alumni Association during the Afternoon Exercises at Harvard's 361st Commencement. We live in an age of progress”   Commencement address by Fareed Zakaria [as prepared] May 24, 2012 Thank you so much, President Faust, Fellows of the Corporation, Overseers, Ladies and Gentlemen, and graduates. To the graduates in particular, I have …