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Activists stage a mock ritual to exorcise demons outside the official residence of Sri Lankas Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while demanding the resignations of Mahinda and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the countrys crippling economic crisis, in Colombo (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation...

Rajapaksa was hooted and catcalled by the angry public who are on the streets demanding fuel, cooking gas and an end to...

9 May 2022 12:15 PM IST

Sri Lankans block an intersection demanding cooking gas cylinders in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP)

India rubbishes report of Sri Lanka using Line of Credit to import...

Issuing a statement, the Indian embassy made it clear that the reports suggesting such use of India's assistance as...

8 May 2022 12:27 PM IST

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP /Alexei Alexandrov)

Last women and children evacuated from Ukrainian steel mill

Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday

8 May 2022 10:30 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Wear all-covering burqa, Taliban tells Afghan women

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men

8 May 2022 3:22 AM IST

Demonstrators march down the streets after protesting outside of the U.S. Courthouse in response to a leaked draft of the Supreme Courts opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Los Angeles, March 3, 2022. (AP)

Abortion battles in US fire up after Supreme Court leak

Roughly half of U.S. states are expected to move quickly to ban or greatly restrict abortion if Roe is overturned

5 May 2022 1:02 PM IST

People walk past the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine, following a March 16, 2022, bombing of the theater, which was used as a shelter, in an area now controlled by Russian forces on Monday, April 4. (AP/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Russian strikes try to disrupt delivery of Western weapons

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia of resorting to the missile terrorism tactics in order to spread...

5 May 2022 10:33 AM IST

Sri Lankans protesting against the economic crisis lie on the road outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksas official residence demanding the government step-down in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Lankan Parliament crucial session after Oppn moves no-trust motion...

Sri Lankan government announced the appointment of a Cabinet sub-committee to look into the proposal for a new...

4 May 2022 11:06 AM IST

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

US announces 1.5-year extension for some expiring immigrant work...

The move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday will go into effect from May 4, 2022

4 May 2022 10:27 AM IST

People arrive at a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday, May 2, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. (AP/Francisco Seco)

TASS: more than 1 million Ukrainians taken to Russia

Civilians were evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Donetsk, Lugansk and other...

3 May 2022 12:19 PM IST

Civil evacuees sit in a bus in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Bezimenne, about 20 kilometres east of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the successful operation and said more evacuations were expected Monday

2 May 2022 1:12 PM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce the presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP file photo)

Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM

Gotabaya agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and Cabinet comprised of all...

30 April 2022 2:00 AM IST

A destroyed tank and a damaged apartment building from heavy fighting are seen in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria, West vows arms for Kyiv

Two months into the fighting, Western arms have helped Ukraine stall Russia's invasion, but Kyiv leaders said they need...

27 April 2022 1:21 PM IST