Colombo, July 6 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday said he had a "very productive" conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to negotiate a credit line for purch
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London, July 6 (PTI) A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday vowed to "keep going" as he appeared before a hostile crowd of parliamentarians, not only from the Opposition benches b
London, July 6 (PTI) For British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this year has been about firefighting one crisis after the next as he once again faces a hostile crowd in the House of Commons on Wednesday. It
Brussels, July 6 (AP) European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake o
Borodyanka, July 5 (AP) Valentyna Klymenko tries to return home as late as possible to avoid the darkness of her war-damaged home outside Ukraine's capital. She visits friends, goes to the well for water or
Brussels, July 5 (AP) The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approval
Colombo, July 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Tuesday that Sri Lanka will organise a donor conference of friendly countries like India, China and Japan once a staff-level deal is
POKROVSK, Ukraine, July 4 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining b
ROME, July 4 (AP) — Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month. Francis also told Reuters in
Kyiv, July 3 (AP) Russia's defence minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seiz
ROME, July 2 (AP) — Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development. Franci
Hong Kong, July 2 (AP) An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.
Kyiv (Ukraine), July 2 (AP) The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month
Kyiv, July 1 (AP) Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces wi
London, July 1 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, still under the shadow of the partygate scandal of COVID law-breaching parties in Downing Street, has been hit with yet another drunken scandal as an a
Hong Kong, July 1 (AP) China's leader Xi Jinping marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return with a speech Friday that emphasised Beijing's control over the former British colony under its vis
Madrid, June 30 (AP) An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labelled Russi
Madrid, June 30 (AP) President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is destabilising but said it does not affect U.S. standing on the world stage, as he took
Madrid, June 30 (AP) NATO faced rebukes from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a direct threat and said China posed serious challenges to global stability. The Western military alliance-
United Nations, June 29 (PTI): Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, what they tweet and what they say and it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat
