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The Pakistan High Commission in India, in a goodwill gesture, has issued a three-month visa to Varma, who was only 15 years old when her family moved to India during the Partition in 1947. (Image credit: Facebook)

90-year-old Indian woman revisits Pakistan after 75 years to see her...

Varma, who is from Pune, said her family was living on the Devi College Road in Rawalpindi when the Partition took place

17 July 2022 5:39 AM GMT

Sri Lankas Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI)

Sri Lankan Parliament meets to announce president's vacancy

During the 13-minute special session, Dhammika Dassanayake, Secretary General of Parliament, announced the vacancy for...

16 July 2022 6:25 AM GMT

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa sings the national anthem of Sri Lanka during the countrys Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP file image)

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore from Maldives

Rajapaksa has departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airline flight SV 788 to Singapore, sources said

14 July 2022 8:07 AM GMT

A protester waves a national flag outside president Gotabaya Rajapaksas office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Rajapaksa still in Maldives, awaits private jet to depart for...

Rajapaksa, his wife Loma and their two security officers were expected to leave for Singapore on board SQ437 from Male...

14 July 2022 5:11 AM GMT

Sri Lankan protesters storm prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe s office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after President Gotabaya...

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has already said he was willing to resign and make way for an all-party government to take...

13 July 2022 7:24 AM GMT

A man waves Sri Lankas national flag outside presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 13, 2022. - Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis, and on July 13, the countrys president flew out of the country days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa flees to Maldives amid public revolt...

As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to have wanted to go abroad before stepping down

13 July 2022 6:03 AM GMT

People sit by the swimming pool as they throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksas official residence on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022.

Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa hits airport standoff in escape...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a 'peaceful transition of power'

12 July 2022 5:59 AM GMT

Anti government protesters swim in a swimmingpool of the Sri lankan presidents official residence after storming into it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP)

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit after chased from home

Hundreds of thousands massed in Colombo demanding Rajapaksa take responsibility for shortages of medicines, food and...

10 July 2022 6:50 AM GMT

Anti Government protesters shout slogans outside the Galle International Cricket Stadium during the second day of the second test cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Galle, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters storm home

Sirasa TV, a private broadcaster, showed crowds entering the once tightly-guarded residence

9 July 2022 8:35 AM GMT

Afghan boys sit near their damaged house that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera District of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

At least 1,000 killed in Afghanistan quake, with fear toll will rise

The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip of a...

23 Jun 2022 5:24 AM GMT

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a plenary session at the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asias annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP /Danial Hakim)

China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense

This is the second time this week that a senior US official has commented on the India-China stand-off

12 Jun 2022 1:13 AM GMT

Supporters of Pakistans ousted prime minister Imran Khan, take part in an anti-government demonstration to a protest against the inflation and fuel price hike in Karachi on June 3, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Amid Imran Khan's assassination rumours, security agencies on high...

Section 144 has already been imposed in Islamabad and gatherings have been banned

5 Jun 2022 7:06 AM GMT