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New Delhi/Singapore city: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Kashmir Files' was banned in Singapore on Tuesday, triggering strong reactions from the filmmaker. The authorities in Singapore said they have assessed the Hindi-language film The Kashmir Files to be “beyond” Singapore’s...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan armed forces have been given the order to open fire at anyone looting public property or causing harm to others, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday evening, amid reports of continuing attacks on the properties...

Colombo: A group of protestors in Sri Lanka blocked the entrance of the main international airport to prevent the MPs from fleeing the island, media reports said here on Tuesday.A group of youth from the Katunayake Free Trade Zone...

Washington: The United States has no indication that Russia has used hypersonic weapons in Odessa, a US Defense Department official told reporters on Tuesday.“No indication that we have seen hypersonics have been used in Odessa,” the official said.On February...

Moscow: Ukrainian forces lost 14 aircraft and helicopters, 30 drones and 50 people during an attempted capture of Zmiinyi Island in the past few days, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday."This venture ended in...

Colombo: Protesters gathered outside the Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday amid reports that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his family members have sought refuge there and were planning to leave the country.A group of protestors were...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday submitted the second part of the questionnaire for Ukraine's candidate status of a European Union (EU) membership to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said Zelensky's press service.The document was handed...

Washington: The United States has transferred over 85 out of the 90 M777 howitzers committed to Ukraine during Russia's special military operation, a senior US defense official said on Monday."I can report that almost all the 90 howitzers...

Colombo: The ancestral home of the Rajapaksas in Medamulana in Hambantota was set on fire by a group of protestors late on Monday evening.Video footage showed the entire house burning as protestors cheered and hooted. The development comes as Mahinda...

Moscow: Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday that it had destroyed a Ukrainian navy ship near Odesa with a missile strike overnight, Khaleej Times reported.The ministry said in its statement that its missiles had hit a ‘Project 1241’ corvette,...