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Colombo: Sri Lanka has asked for $800 million more from India to battle its worst economic crisis and New Delhi has responded that it will give the request "due consideration", a newspaper here reported on Friday."Sri Lanka (Thursday) made...

London: Oliver Dowden on Friday resigned as the Conservative Party Chairman following its shock defeat in parliamentary by-elections.Dowden shared his resignation letter with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his Twitter account and said: "It is with great sadness that...

Brussels: The EU Council will unanimously support granting the European Union candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova during the upcoming summit, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday."Today’s Council has a special meaning as we are going to...

Brussels: Members of the European Parliament approved on Thursday the extension of the validity of the EU Digital Covid Certificate (EUDCC) for another year until June 30, 2023."The European Parliament plenary has endorsed the deal with member states to...

Colombo/New Delhi: A high-level delegation from India, led by Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra, is in Sri Lanka today and met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, even as the island nation is grappling with...

Ottawa: Canada will open an embassy in Rwanda for the first time in both countries’ diplomatic history, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced in a press conference from Kigali."We will be opening an embassy for the first time...

Washington: The Biden administration has approved the sale of hundreds of precision-guided munitions, or so-called "smart bombs," to 12 member states of the NATO alliance, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced."The State Department has made a determination approving...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranik Wikremesinghe has said that the country's debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of facing shortages of food, fuel and electricity, Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.Wikremesinghe said that the island nation cannot even pay...

Taipei: Taiwan's Navy S-70 anti-submarine helicopter crashed off the island's coast during a training session, with four crew members sustaining some injuries, Taiwanese media reported on Wednesday.According to Taiwan's state-controlled Central News Agency, the helicopter was taking part in...

Moscow: A drone hit a major Russian oil refinery near the border with Ukraine, sending a ball of flame and black smoke billowing into the sky and prompting the suspension of operations, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.Officials at the...