MIRIHANA, Sri Lanka — Police fired tear gas and a water cannon at thousands of protesters outside the home of Sri Lanka’s president Thursday, demanding he resign over the nation’s worst economic crisis. Police later enforced a curfew in suburbs of the capital because the protests wouldn’t subside. […]
Summary Missiles land near port city of Odesa New evacuation bid planned for besieged Mariupol Russia says draft deal not ready for top-level talks Ukrainian negotiator hints at Zelenskiy-Putin talks Dead civilians line streets of recaptured town near Kyiv ODESA/LVIV, Ukraine, April 3 (Reuters) – Missiles struck near […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan said Sunday he will seek early elections after sidestepping a no-confidence challenge and alleging that a conspiracy to topple his government had failed. The deputy speaker of Pakistan’s Parliament threw out the opposition parties’ no-confidence resolution and abruptly ended the […]
NEW DELHI — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools has sparked criticism from constitutional scholars and rights activists who say that judicial overreach threatens religious freedoms in officially secular India. Even though the ban is only imposed in the southern state […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding payment in rubles for natural gas — or else. Germany is talking about gas rationing in case of a cutoff. Prices for the fuel used to heat homes, generate electricity and power industry are through the roof. There’s a lot of discussion around natural […]
KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces pull back from Ukraine’s capital region, retreating troops are creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday. Ukraine and its Western allies reported mounting evidence of Russia […]
ISLAMABAD, April 1 – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government handed an official protest to the U.S. embassy on Friday over what it called Washington’s interference in the country’s affairs. “We now have given a demarche to (the) American embassy,” Khan told local television channel ARY […]
Summary Gas still flowing to Europe despite Putin threat to cut it off Hopes for evacuations from Mariupol but aid not allowed in Workers collect the bodies in recaptured Irpin IRPIN, Ukraine, April 1 (Reuters) – A fuel depot was ablaze at one of Russia’s main logistics hubs […]
As Moscow’s forces bog down in Ukraine, many young Russians of draft age are increasingly jittery about the prospect of being sent into combat. Making those fears particularly acute is an annual spring conscription that begins Friday and aims to round up 134,500 men for a one-year tour […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An organization of seven Bay of Bengal nations said its members must urgently use their geographical advantage and other resources to address their post-pandemic vulnerabilities and collectively strengthen their ability to face future calamities. In a declaration on the final day of a three-day […]
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