Singapore/Colombo, July 14 (PTI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was allowed to enter Singapore on Thursday on a “private visit”, a day after he fled the country to the Maldives without res
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Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'Brien The Associated Press In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the billionaire Tesla CEO in an attempt to force him to complete his $44 bil
Kyiv, July 14 (AP) Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed 17 people and wounding about 90 more on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country's president called the attack an
Colombo, July 14 (PTI) The Sri Lankan Army on Thursday urged the anti-government protesters to desist from violence immediately or be prepared to face the "consequences", warning that the security for
Colombo/Male, July 13 (PTI): Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as angry protesters stormed the prime minister's office in Colombo, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapksa fled to the Mald
Lisbon, July 13 (AP): A spate of wildfires is scorching parts of Europe, with firefighters battling blazes in Portugal, Spain and southern France on Wednesday amid an unusual heat wave that authorities are link
Singapore, July 13 (PTI): The Singapore government on Wednesday urged its citizens to remain on high alert as the city-state is viewed as an "attractive target" for attack by both foreign terrorist gr
Colombo, July 13 (PTI): From being a war hero to becoming a symbol of hatred who pushed the island nation into an economic and a constitutional crisis and fled the country hours before he was supposed to step d-
Washington, July 13 (PTI): Surgeons in the US have successfully transplanted genetically-engineered pig hearts into recently deceased humans, an advance towards a long-term goal of performing such surgeries reg
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London, July 13 (PTI): The first round of ballots will be cast on Wednesday in the race to elect a new Conservative Party leader who will succeed Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister, with British Indian former f
Colombo, July 13 (PTI): Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet on Wednesday, hours before he was supposed to quit in the face of a public revolt against hi
London, July 12 (PTI) Priti Patel - widely expected to become another Indian-origin candidate in the race for the post of Conservative Party leader and the next British prime minister - on Tuesday ruled out a b
Colombo, July 12 (PTI) Sri Lankans were on the edge on Tuesday as they waited whether embattled Gotabaya Rajapaksa will honour his offer to resign as president, amid reports that key members of the erstwhile po
TOKYO, July 12 (AP) — Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as his funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination shocked the nation. Abe, the
By SETH BORENSTEIN July 12 (AP): Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmo
Manila, July 12 (AP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on China to comply with a 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidated Beijing's vast territorial claims in the South China Sea and warned that W
Kyiv, July 12 (AP) Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday that their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. The Uk
Brussels, July 12 (AP) European Union nations on Tuesday approved fresh aid for Ukraine as the country faces growing economic damage from Russia's invasion. Finance ministers from the 27-nation EU gave t
Moscow, July 12 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the US warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine. Du
Kharkiv, July 11 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, in yet another effort to expand Moscow's i
