Angry Sri Lankans rally to support ousted PM, denounce ‘coup’
COLOMBO : More than 10,000 protesting supporters of Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, brought parts of the ...
Maldives’ top court clears way for ex-leader Nasheed’s return
MALE : The Maldives’ Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence on ...
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to begin Rohingya repatriation by mid-November
DHAKA : Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to begin by November the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims ...
Trump says he plans to scrap birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump said he will scrap a constitutional guarantee to citizenship for anyone born on US soil in a ...
All-party meet called in Sri Lanka
Sirisena swears in 12 new Cabinet Ministers, claims his move to sack Wickremesinghe had public backing
Amidst mounting pressure to ...
Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border as caravan advances
WASHINGTON : The United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far ...
End of era beckons as Merkel says will not stand again as chancellor
BERLIN : German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would not seek re-election as party chairwoman and that her fourth term ...
Sri Lanka crisis turns violent as one killed at ex-minister’s office
COLOMBO : A political crisis in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn on Sunday, with one person killed when a sacked cabinet minister tried ...
Far-right army man Bolsonaro wins Brazil vote
Far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday, beating leftist opponent Fernando Haddad in a ...
Four-nation Syria summit calls for lasting Idlib ceasefire
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a political solution to Syria’s devastating seven-year ...