Designating the Indian Rupee (INR) as a foreign currency, on a request made by Sri Lanka, is a boost for Sri Lanka’s economy.

The Kremlin said Thursday that the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula was vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks after officials said they had shot down a drone near a key naval base.

Israel’s incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a parliamentary majority on Thursday after his Likud party said it had reached an agreement with the Jewish ultra-Orthodox Shas party.

Russia and the US have conducted a high-level prisoner swap, involving businessman Viktor Bout and WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Celine Dion has revealed she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease.

China has sought support from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in order to insulate the South China Sea and retain its dominance in the region, The Singapore Post reported.

India has consistently called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and has urged Ukraine and Russia to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj said.

China’s government has unveiled new Covid policies and eased some of the more controversial restrictions. The decision came shortly after a series of mass protests across the country last week as demonstrators demanded an end to sweeping lockdowns

Sixteen people were killed in a road traffic accident in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Wednesday, Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the region, has said. There were four survivors, he added.

SWAT deployments, more than 130 searches and a total of 25 arrests have been carried out in Germany and several neighboring countries in one of the largest counter-terrorist operations in the nation’s history, according to German media.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical cracks in health sector investments in Asia and the Pacific, with the sector’s foreign direct investments (FDI) dropping by 45 per cent from 2019 to 2020 and continuing to decline to 34 per cent in

Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez has been accused of going back on her statement on cosmetic surgery made at the Miss Sri Lanka pageant back in 2006.

Prince Harry speaks of the ’’leaking and... planting of stories’’ as part of a ’’dirty game’’ in a new trailer for the Harry and Meghan series on Netflix.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have discussed issues relevant to Bangladesh’s readymade garments (RMG) industry, including its current challenges, prospects, and preparedness to pursue the next level of devel

Russia has declined to give Pakistan a 30 to 40 per cent discount on crude oil and said it cannot offer anything at the moment because “all volumes were committed”, according to a report by The News Thursday.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, and while recent protests there are not a threat to Communist Party rule, they could affect his personal standing, US Director of

Adani is India’s undisputed infrastructure tycoon. He runs India’s second-largest cement company, 13 ports - including the country’s largest in the western coastal town of Mundra - and operates seven airports. He is building India’s longest e

Taliban on Wednesday said that India may restart 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan.

Today, India commences its G20 presidency. The previous 17 presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results - for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outco

Beijing will allow some virus-infected people to isolate at home, starting with residents of the city’s most-populous district, a landmark shift that reflects the pressure officials are under from a record outbreak and public opposition to Covid Ze

It is undeniable that China has been Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor stemming from the economic relationship, which goes back 70 years to the Rice-Rubber Pact signed between the two countries in 1952 as one of the first trade agreements betw

Christine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, has died aged 79, her family has said.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the ’’Farmgate’’ scandal.

As the global population passes the milestone of 8 billion people, experts say it brings both opportunities and challenges for India, a nation that’s projected to pass China as the world’s most populous country.

The growth of a nation is closely linked to the well-being of farmers and agricultural productivity. Empowering farmers is therefore a priority for any a government trying to take a nation to greater heights.

Protests broke out in China this weekend, with demonstrators in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing and other locations demanding an end to the government’s stringent Covid restrictions. Videos shared on social media purportedly show some protesters calling f

Europeans are about to face numerous hardships due to Western support for Kiev, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Germany’s Welt an Sonntag newspaper on Sunday. Despite this, he insisted that the members of the US-led military bloc and t

North Korea seeks to have the most powerful nuclear capability in the world, the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said on Sunday. He also ordered the promotion of military officials and scientists involved in the recent successful test of a new interc

The Security Council was briefed by Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj about the crucial aspects of the work that is taken care of by the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the efforts of CTC under India’s Ch

The Indian authorities are seeking consular access from the Qatari government to eight former naval officers who were detained in Doha, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.