US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going to visit Taiwan, with scheduled meetings with government officials at the self-governed island that China...
US President Joe Biden agreed to meet ‘face to face’ with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in near future, as decided during...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again reiterated that “only early election can end economic, political...
The Singapore government has issued a new visa to ex-Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, extending his short-term visit pass issued when he...
A South Africa-based rights group has submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General of Singapore requesting the arrest of former Sri...
Senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took over as Sri Lanka’s prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his new Cabinet....
United States President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was experiencing...
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected as the new President Of Sri Lanka by the parliament. The 73-year-old six-time prime minister...
In a major announcement, Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has withdrawn his candidature for President of the island nation and...
Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued an Extraordinary Gazette declaring a State of Emergency in the island nation with effect from...
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