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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was scheduled to announce his resignation on Wednesday, has fled the nation on a military jet, media reports said. more
US airstrike kills leader of IS in Syria

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: United States military killed a leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS), banned in Russia, during an airstrike in Syria, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) ...

Yemen: UN envoy outlines achievements and challenges in truce implementation

New York: Although the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni Government and Houthi rebels continues to hold, the key issue of road openings remains outstanding, while the country’s & ...

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to UK when he was nine years old

London: Olympic great Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant.

Sri Lanka Crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa signs resignation letter

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has signed his resignation letter which is dated July 13, media reports said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka Crisis: Ex-minister Basil Rajapaksa tried to escape, immigration officials foil his move

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was prevented from leaving the country through the Silk Route Passe ...

Sri Lanka: Fuel crisis goes from bad to worse amidst president's decision to resign

Colombo: Fuel queues in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, and its suburbs have grown longer stretching as far as eight kilometres each.

NASA’s Webb delivers deepest infrared image of universe yet

Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.

Section of Chinese netizens celebrate assassination of former Japan PM Shinzo Abe

Beijing: A section of Chinese internet users were seen celebrating the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Beijing now steps up use of combat aircraft in Taiwan sorties

Beijing: Beijing has steadily increased the number of combat aircraft flying into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and further south in the Bashi Channel which analysts have ...