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Protesters take part in a demonstration against the economic crisis at the entrance of the presidents office in Colombo on April 17, 2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the countrys crippling economic crisis. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints new Cabinet of 17...

The Cabinet appointment came as the island-wide protests continued to force the resignation of the president and his...

18 April 2022 12:50 PM IST

A woman is taken to an ambulance after being injured in a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Missiles cause multiple explosions in western Ukrainian city Lviv

Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have been less affected by the fighting than other parts of the country

18 April 2022 12:20 PM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

PM Shehbaz Sharif pitches for meaningful India-Pakistan engagement

Sharif's communication came in response to a letter sent by Modi to the Pakistani leader congratulating him on becoming...

18 April 2022 12:17 AM IST

Ukrainian servicemen walk among debris of damaged buildings after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russia strikes Ukraine's big cities, bears down on Mariupol

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of...

17 April 2022 12:44 PM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Russia bans UK PM, top Indian-origin ministers Sunak and Patel

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the list will be expanded in the near future to include more British politicians and...

17 April 2022 3:02 AM IST

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. (AP)

Russia 'would deploy nuclear arms' near Finland, Sweden if join NATO

Finland said this week it will decide whether to apply for NATO membership within weeks and Sweden is also discussing...

14 April 2022 10:57 PM IST

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AP)

UN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations

The war is supercharging a crisis in food, energy and finance in poor countries that were already struggling to deal...

14 April 2022 11:10 AM IST

Joe Biden (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine: Biden

Biden said it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia's conduct met the international standard for genocide, as...

13 April 2022 10:35 AM IST

Sri Lankans demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the debt-ridden countrys worst economic crisis protest in the rain outside the presidents office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka announces default on all external debt

The finance ministry said creditors were free to capitalise any interest payments due to them from Tuesday afternoon

12 April 2022 12:45 PM IST

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights...

12 April 2022 12:12 PM IST

A policeman examinares the corpse of a man killed during the war with Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mayor: More than 10,000 civilians dead in Ukraine port city

Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest attacks and civilian suffering in the 6-week-old war

12 April 2022 11:58 AM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Shehbaz Sharif sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Pakistan

Shehbaz will now form a new government that can remain in place until elections are due in August 2023

12 April 2022 3:54 AM IST