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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says won’t step down

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed senior party leaders that he will not step down from the Presidency but will hand over the government to whoever holds 113 seats in Parliament. more

China agrees to accept credentials of Afghan diplomats: Taliban's acting foreign minister

Kabul: A top minister of Afghanistan's Taliban-ruled government said China has agreed to accept the credentials of Afghan diplomats sent to Afghanistan’s embassy in China by the ...

Ukraine: Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings

New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb of the capi ...

Solomon Islands won't allow Chinese military base in Pacific islands nation

Honiara, Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands said it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plan to sign a security pact with Beijing, after the na ...

Beijing hints it may recognise Taliban as legitimate Afghanistan government ‘when conditions are ripe’

Kabul/Beijing: Beijing has given a strong backing to the Taliban government in Afghanistan and stated that recognition of the group as the legitimate government of the war-torn nation wou ...

UN chief calls for unity to ‘build a peaceful world’, ahead of Ramadan

New York: Highlighting it as a period of compassion and empathy, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan is a “time for reflection an ...

Ukraine: Second UN convoy reaches Sumy, Mariupol access thwarted

UN humanitarian agencies and partners on the ground in Ukraine, were able to reach the town of Sumy, in the country’s northeast on Thursday, but access to the besieged and stricken ...

Work ‘in concert’ to help bring Yemen closer to a peaceful future

The peace process in Yemen has been “stalled for too long,” the top UN envoy for the country told a summit meeting on Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aiming to build on the ...

Consensus emerging on many issues, UN’s Sudan envoy tells Security Council

New York: The United Nations envoy for Sudan told the Security Council today that consensus has emerged on many issues towards establishing a functional government, warning that Khartoum ...

Ukraine invasion: Guterres appeals for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’

New York: The UN Secretary-General appealed for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, so that “serious political negotiations” can advance towards a peace ...