Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that it is important to address the...
Amid mayhem and chaos in Sri Lanka, acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed armed forces and police to bring the current situation under...
Sri Lanka on Wednesday declared a state of emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet in...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife along with two bodyguards travelled to the Maldives after full approval of the country’s...
Hundreds of Japanese with moist eyes turned out on Tuesday to bid an emotional farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who...
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday officially conveyed to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he would resign on July 13 as...
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation after meeting of party leaders presided over by the speaker. The party leaders...
Sri Lanka plunged into more chaos and uncertainty as thousands of protesters in Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed President Gotabaya...
The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) have expressed shock at the tragic assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,...
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