Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday issued an extraordinary gazette declaring a public emergency in the island nation with effect, local...
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Police fired tear gas and water cannons at angry protesters after they gathered in front of the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s...
United States President Joe Biden appeared to be unconvinced on the Russian announcement that it is scaling back its operations in Kiev,...
The voting on the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be held on April 3, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid...
With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine’s military...
Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public on Thursday to show support for his embattled country on...
In a big blow to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of the no-confidence vote, three major allies of the ruling government...
A month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said this “absurd” war is “unwinnable” and inevitably it...
A Russian court has ruled to ban Instagram and Facebook in the country, labelling its parent company Meta as extremist, according to...
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