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President Vladimir Putin has blamed Ukraine for a "senseless" and "cruel" attack on the Crimea bridge, which links the occupied peninsula to Russia
He vows to respond to what he calls a "terrorist" act early on Monday morning,...
More than 10 Sri Lankan civil society organizations have rejected the government's proposal to establish the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) on the lines of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In a written submission to the Foreign...
Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party was rocked by two unexpected resignations, including that of parliament speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, further fueling one of the biggest political crises in the city-state’s history.
Once seen as a potential prime ministerial candidate by political...
No July passes without Sri Lankans recalling the horrendous anti-Tamil riots in Colombo from July 25 to 30, 1983. But July has seen many more events that have shaped the island’s history. The latest events had taken place only...
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a strongly worded resolution on Manipur urging the Indian government to “put in place all necessary measures to promptly halt the ethnic and religious violence and to protect all religious minorities” in the...
The European Parliament is discussing human rights in India with a focus on the violence in the North Eastern Indian State of Manipur.
The EU Parliament’s resolution on India says that minorities, civil society, human rights defenders and journalists regularly...
The Wagner mercenary group is completing the handover of its military hardware and weapons to the regular armed forces, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, two weeks after a short-lived mutiny that saw its columns advance on Moscow.
The ministry...
Agency acknowledges public interest, to uphold rule of law
Iswaran elected as MP in 1997, appointed to cabinet in 2006
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he instructed Transport Minister S. Iswaran to go on leave as the city-state’s anti-graft...
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she believes the United States and China want to stabilize their economic ties with "candor" and "respect."
Yellen told American Public Media's Marketplace in an interview taped shortly before...
Six people, including three children, have been killed in a kindergarten stabbing in China's south-eastern Guangdong province.
Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu in Lianjiang town.
The other victims are a teacher and two parents,...
Spanish rescuers are searching the waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago.
The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a...
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sacked a top general in charge of the war against Ukraine as he continues his purge of the top brass following Wagner's attempted coup last month.
General Valery Gerasimov, 67, has been ousted as conflict commander less...
