Nepal becomes the first South Asian country to officially register same-sex marriage-
By PTI PRADHAN KATHMANDU: Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case […]
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India to build 10,000 houses in Sri Lanka’s tea plantation areas-
By PTI COLOMBO: India will build 10,000 more houses in the plantation areas of Sri Lanka in an extension of
Imprisoned US Marine vet Paul Whelan assaulted over ‘political differences,’ Russian news agency reports
New details have emerged after imprisoned U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan was allegedly assaulted by another inmate in a Russian
After worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s history, President says country close to debt restructuri-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is close to securing a statement of agreement from its external creditors on debt restructuring
Stories of torture, torment revealed by Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas terrorists
JERUSALEM – As more of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terror attack in southern Israel
COP28 president denies using climate talks to push oil deals-
By AFP DUBAI: The Emirati host of the UN climate conference in Dubai denied Wednesday reports that he used his
North Korea closes further embassies amid suspected financial issues
North Korea is closing more embassies in Africa and South Asia — the latest in a string of diplomatic missions
Ukraine says storms killed 12, 800 villages without power-
By AFP KYIV: Extreme weather that stormed through Ukraine’s south earlier this week killed 12 people, while bad weather and
Pope Francis makes first appearance since canceling UN climate summit trip: ‘I am not well’
Pope Francis made a public appearance at the Vatican on Wednesday, his first since staff announced the pope would not
