Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from Dubai-
By PTI COLOMBO: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power last year over his government’s mishandling of the […]
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EXPLAINER | Is China sharing enough COVID-19 information?
By Associated Press TAIPEI: As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its
Pakistan PM Sharif holds talks with IMF chief to break deadlock over next tranche of assistance-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a telephonic call to International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva to
Japan, US to hold security talks before Fumio Kishida meets Joe Biden-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan and the United States will hold security talks between their foreign and defence ministers in
China COVID crisis: Beijing hospital runs out of beds, families burn bodies in streets as deaths spike
A Beijing hospital has run out of beds, forcing patients to rest on stretchers or lay on the hallway floors
Rescued ‘IS bride’ gets bail from Australian court-
By AFP SYDNEY: An Australian woman rescued from a squalid Syrian detention camp faced court Friday on charges linked to
Why Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to the rainforests of Borneo?-
By AFP Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away
Ukraine dismisses Putin’s Christmas ceasefire as ‘hypocrisy’-
By AFP KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to run during Orthodox Christmas,
Who are the ‘Taliban 20’ Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become US House Speaker-
By AFP WASHINGTON: A group of Republican rebels dubbed the “Taliban 20” have brought Washington to a standstill by torpedoing
Pakistan needs billions for flood recovery, urges UN-
By AFP GENEVA: More than $16 billion is needed to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods that submerged a third