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Sri Lankan PM agrees to quit amid biggest political turmoil

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Abe assassination stuns Japan, a country where gun violence is…

TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) – The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday stunned and saddened people in

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister, dragged down by…

LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) – Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he

Sri lanka economy
Bankrupt Sri Lanka allows younger women to work abroad

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday reduced to 21 the minimum age at which women can go abroad for work and

Dr Bhampa Rai
Bhutanese civil society leader Dr Rai passes away

Bhutanese civil society leader and rights campaigner, Dr Bhampa Rai, has passed away. He was 72. Dr Rai who had

BIMSTEC Summit
BIMSTEC in 25 Years: Prime Minister Deuba call on promoting…

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of BIMSTEC, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba stressed the importance of unity, solidarity,

Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school

UVALDE, Texas, May 24 (Reuters) – A teenage gunman murdered at least 19 children and two teachers after storming into

Philippine dictator’s son wins landslide presidential victory

MANILA, May 10, 2022 (AFP) – The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday,

Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil

JAKARTA, April 28, 2022 (AFP) – Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world’s

French presidential runoff kicks off between Macron, Le Pen

PARIS (Xinhua) : The 2022 French presidential runoff kicked off at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday in