After Sri Lanka's devastating crisis, thousands of protesters took to streets in several cities in Bangladesh after the Sheikh Hasina government hiked fuel prices by nearly 52 per cent, the highest since the neighbouring country got its independence. Angry protesters...
Read moreThe beginning of the sudden exercises of the People's Liberation Army of China. Takeoff of combat helicopters Harbin Z-19 of the 72nd Army Aviation Brigade of the PLA Eastern Combat Command Zone (operational zone - Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait)Fujian...
Read moreHundreds of the demonstrators, mostly supporters of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, break into the heavily fortified Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister. Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, most of them followers of the Iraqi...
Read moreRussia and Indian refiners are set to trade oil not in US dollars but in the UAE's local currency, Reuters reported. Sources told Reuters that more deals priced in UAE dirhams will happen as Moscow looks to insulate itself from sanctions. Earlier...
Read moreThe European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years on Thursday to help cool rising inflation, becoming the latest central bank to aggressively unwind policy that fueled economic growth during the pandemic, even as global...
Read moreSteps were taken by Indian student Movement to hand over a petition to the United Nations against the golle-face attack. The agitations held in New Delhi, the capital city of India Indian media also reported that it was attacked by...
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final showpiece parliamentary appearance with a round of applause from his party, jeers from opponents, and an enigmatic exit line: "Mission largely accomplished… "Hasta la vista, baby." Johnson was forced to...
Read moreApplications for extensions of short-term visit passes (STVPs) are assessed on a case-by-case basis, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Wednesday (Jul 20). In a statement released in response to media queries about former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya...
Read moreVoting for the presidential polls concluded on Monday with over 99 per cent of the 4,796 eligible electors, including 771 MPs and 4,025 MLAs, taking part in the process. After the 3rd round of counting, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu crossed...
Read moreProtests resumed in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Wednesday shortly after lawmakers elected the country's widely unpopular prime minister and acting president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the new president. Wickremesinghe's election to the country's highest office predictably infuriated the protesters, who spent...
Read moreOn the occasion of completing 32 years of his political career,...
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