Colombo, April 13 (IANS) As India, Japan and France to announce a new platform for creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt on Thursday, China called on all island nation's creditors to
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Washington, April 13 (IANS) People across the US are wondering "what's next?" as President Joe Biden has moved to end the Covid-19 national emergency, a month ahead of schedule, under pressure fro
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, saying that "his lies and lust for power imperiled Pakistan'
Seoul, April 13 (IANS): North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Thursday, escalating tensions amid its continued refusal to answer what used to be daily cross-border calls, the South Korean
Islamabad, April 13 (IANS): Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Afghan Taliban that Islamabad will strike terrorists' hideouts inside the country if the de facto rulers in Kabul are unable
Seoul, April 12 (IANS): South Korea's unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent photos of the moon's far side during its mission to collect selenographic data, the science ministry said on Wednesday. Da
Seoul, April 12 (IANS): North Korea remained unresponsive to daily routine calls with South Korea through an inter-Korean liaison communication channel for a sixth straight day on Wednesday, Seoul's Unifica
Kathmandu, April 12 (IANS): Three Sherpa climbers have gone missing in a crevasse on Mount Everest on Wednesday, according to Nepal's Tourism Department. The three identified as Chiri Sherpa, Lakpa Tendi
Tokyo, April 12 (IANS): The population of Japan dropped to 124.95 million in 2022, marking the 12th consecutive year of decline, latest government data revealed on Wednesday. As of October 1 last year, the t
Taipei, April 11 (IANS) China's recent military drills near Taiwan were a substantive and "war-like" escalation on those conducted last August despite not including any missile launches, some anal
Tokyo, April 11 (IANS) A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said. The fire was detected just after 11 a.m.
Colombo, April 11 (IANS) Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has urged other countries to review their travel advisories to reflect the stability in the island nation, which would further encourage tourist in
Quetta, April 11 (IANS) An intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's Quetta city turned deadly on Tuesday, with at least four police officers losing their lives in a gunbattle with terrorists, according to
Washington, April 10 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has once agains teased a run for a second term but stopped short of announcing it. "I plan on running," Biden told an NBC news interview Monday, a
New York, April 10 (IANS) Noted Indian-American mathematician and statistician Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics for his work more than 75 years back, which
Taipei, April 10 (IANS) Chinas military is practising ship-launched strikes on Taiwan from the east, information released by Taiwans Defence Ministry on Monday indicated, as Beijings retaliatory military drills
Taipei, April 9 (IANS) China on Sunday sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan for a second day of military drills, launched in retaliation to the island's president, Tsai Ing-wen, meeting US House Speaker
Colombo, April 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured justice for the victims of the deadly 2019 Easter attacks. In a message to mark Easter, Wickremesinghe on Saturday said that lega
Beirut, April 8 (IANS) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has opened an investigation into the rocket launches and air strikes that took place in the southern part of the country in the past two days.
Tokyo, April 8 (IANS) Nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan said they do not want children in a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm, citing reasons including economic concerns and the burden of c
