South Asia
Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe sworn in as acting president
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country’s acting president on Friday, a government official said. ...Sri Lanka protest sites calm as president’s resignation awaited
Sri Lanka’s main city, Colombo, was calm on Thursday as people waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who ...Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives as street protests end clan dominance
urs before he was due to step down after a people’s uprising over a devastating economic crisis ended his family’s ...Sri Lanka prime minister’s office confirms president to resign after protests
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister’s office said ...Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s house after clashing with police
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence on ...Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion
NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the ...Crisis-hit Sri Lanka shuts schools, urges work from home to save fuel
Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the ...Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors
Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at ...Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor ...Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds ...