Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his nuclear forces on high alert on Sunday, citing NATO’s “aggressive” response to his invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, Russia’s allied Belarusian government warned that Western sanctions on Russia would instigate the...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has discussed varied topics with Tamil parties representing Northern and Eastern provinces before his departure to India for crucial talks with Priem Minister Modi on matters of mutual interest. The matters discussed are as follows. A brief report is also...
A year-long BBC investigation has uncovered a sadistic global monkey torture ring stretching from Indonesia to the United States.
The World Service found hundreds of customers in the US, UK and elsewhere paying Indonesians to torture and kill baby long-tailed macaques on...
The newly-installed Congress government in Karnataka has begun the process of restoring the communal balance in the State that was upset by the previous BJP government led by Basavaraj Bommai.
The composition of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s cabinet indicates that a...
With Cambodia as the spur, Beijing is consolidating its hold in the Gulf of Thailand, which can become the gateway for Chinese ships to enter the Indian Ocean.
China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported that China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd....
AHMEDABAD, India, March 23 (Reuters) - A lower court in India sentenced opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday to two years in jail on charges of defamation for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having...
Minister for Defence Dr. Ng Eng Hen called on President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe this afternoon. President Wickremesinghe is in Singapore for a two-day working visit, and had a call with President Halimah Yacob earlier in...
• Experience shows that the restoration of democracy has not brought relief to Myanmar's minorities
The on-going Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Myanmar against the imposition of military rule on February 1, has assumed unprecedented proportions. Into its 20 th.day on...
This month, China banned imports of Taiwanese pineapples, the latest in a string of punitive trade measures against democracies that illustrate how China has weaponized its growing economic clout. As the island’s largest trading partner, China buys more than...
China has responded to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement to Bloomberg news agency that Sri Lanka couldn’t tap a US$ 1.5 billion credit line from China and has yet to hear on the request to China for a...
New Delhi:
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi who has been targeting the government over China's aggression on the LAC in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that it is not the Congress leader but Prime Minister...
A negative Covid-19 report isn’t the end of the problems associated with the virus, warn doctors. They now say that since it affects multiple organs, those who were on mechanical ventilation, ICU or form into any high-risk category of...
