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
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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
Kharkiv, July 11 (AP) Russian missiles pounded Ukraine's second-largest city early on Monday, local administrator said, describing the attacks as absolute terrorism. Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleh S
Colombo, July 11 (PTI) Sri Lanka's main opposition party Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) on Monday said it is ready to lead the next government to bring stability to the bankrupt island nation as it grapples w
Bangkok, July 10 (AP) The Biden administration moved Sunday to strengthen ties with key Southeast Asian ally Thailand as it pressed ahead with efforts to counter China's relentless push for influence in the
Bangkok, July 10 (AP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is criticising Southeast Asian nations for not doing enough to press Myanmar's military government to return the country to the path of democracy f
Kyiv, July 10 (AP) Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least 10 people, officials said Sunday. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of t-
Johannesburg, July 10 (AP) A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police. Police say they are investigating
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 10 (AP) — Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties will meet Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resi.jpg)
President Rajapaksa's whereabouts unknown Colombo, July 9 (PTI): Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday offered to resign and form an all-party government, hours after thousands of protesters st
TOKYO, July 9 (AP): A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while he was addressing a camp
