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A Chinese fishing vessel has capsized in the central Indian Ocean, with its crew of 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino sailors missing, state media reported Wednesday.
A multinational search and rescue operation was under way to locate...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, on Monday, slammed India for deciding to hold the G20 session on tourism in troubled Kashmir. The session is to be held from May 22 to 24.
He said in...
The US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2022 released on Monday says that the US embassy and consulate officials, including the Charges d’Affaires, have engaged with government officials, members of parliament, and politicians from multiple political parties...
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I am here in Colombo—my first visit to Sri Lanka—to further strengthen the IMF’s engagement with a broad...
In its 75th year of independence, Sri Lanka has been in the news for its economic crises. As the nation re-engages with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its strict terms and conditions, Mick Moore...
Turkey’s presidential election is going to a runoff after Recep Tayyip Erdo?an comfortably outperformed his chief rival, Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, but just failed to clear the 50% vote threshold needed to avoid a second round.
The 69-year-old conservative incumbent confounded pollsters’ predictions and...
Thai voters have delivered a stunning verdict in favour of an opposition party that is calling for radical reform of the country's institutions.
Early results show Move Forward exceeding every prediction to win 151 of the 500 seats in the...
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that globalization is the overwhelming reality of our times while addressing the EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in Stockholm on May 13.
He said that, however far apart they may be, regions and nations cannot...
Colombo May 16: Turkiye held its Presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously on May 14. According to the Anadolu News Agency, at 6.30 am on Monday, sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was leading with 49.27% of the vote; his closest...
BANGKOK -- After nearly a decade in power, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha marches into Sunday's general election seeking a fresh term as the standard-bearer for an active role for the military in Thailand's politics.
Prayuth's quest to soldier on, despite...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had been hoping to recapture Karnataka State to help it over-run South India and complete its conquest of India in the coming years, received a crushing blow in the Karnataka elections.
‘India Today’ reported...
Islamabad, Pakistan – A 34-second video, shot in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on May 9, starts by showing a group of people, including women, entering a mansion.
They are wielding sticks, chanting slogans and carrying flags of former Prime Minister...
