New Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton says China ‘biggest issue’
CANBERRA: Former Defence Minister Peter Dutton was chosen Monday to lead Australia’s conservative opposition following the party’s electio
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North Korea ‘ready for nuclear test’ with Biden due in Seoul
NORTH KOREA: North Korea is ready to conduct a nuclear test at any moment, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, with the United States warning it co
Sri Lanka Prime Minister proposes selling off flag carrier
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed selling off the state-owned Sri Lankan Airlines as part of efforts to
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister
COLOMBO: Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, days after his predecessor Mahinda R
Sri Lanka crisis: PM Rajapaksa resigns; ruling party MP kills self after shooting down protester
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his post on Monday amid the worst economic crisis the country has faced since its independen
PM Modi arrives in Denmark to participate in second India-Nordic summit
COPENHAGEN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Denmark on the second leg of his three-nation Europe trip during which he will hold tal
Russia says Turkey warned in advance about Syria flights ban
MOSCOW: Turkey had warned Russia in advance before moving to bar Russian planes from flying to Syria over its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry
PM Modi set to meet President Macron in France next week to ‘deepen strategic partnership’
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to meet his ‘friend’ Emmanuel Macron, who has been re-elected President, in France next
Russia pressures Mariupol as it focuses on Ukraine’s east
KYIV: Russian forces pressured a stubborn pocket of resistance in Mariupol amid renewed hopes Wednesday for an evacuation of thousands of civilians fr
Russia broadcasts video of captured ‘Britons’ demanding UK PM negotiate their release
MOSCOW: Russian state TV broadcast a video Monday of what it described as “Britons” captured fighting for Ukraine demanding that Prime Min
Ukraine: In response to British sanctions, Russia bars entry to Boris Johnson, top UK politicians
MOSCOW — Russia has barred the UK prime minister and a dozen other top British officials from entering the country in response to British sancti
IMF chief: Ukraine war, inflation threaten global economy
WASHINGTON: The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for m
India to witness 1.3 per cent lower GDP growth due to Ukraine war: Senior World Bank official
WASHINGTON: Russia’s war in Ukraine is likely to result in a significant 1.3 per cent lower GDP growth for India and 2.3 percentage point lower
Imran Khan’s PTI decides to resign from National Assembly
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the election of a new Prime Minister in the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to resign from the assem
Biden first US president to make the fight against corruption a national security priority
BENGALURU: Joe Biden has become the first US president to establish combating corruption as a core US national security priority via his June 3 Nation
Volodymyr Zelenskyy to brief UN Security Council on alleged massacres
BUCHA: Ukraine’s president planned to address the U.N.’s most powerful body on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian
Ukrainian YouTube brothers reach out to Japanese to end war
TOKYO: Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel
Ukraine war EXPLAINER | What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
BERLIN: Europe’s already high gas prices have gyrated since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to have importers pay for Russian n
Israel to host top Arab diplomats during Blinken’s visit
JERUSALEM: Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Anto
Rishi Sunak to set out UK’s Spring Budget amid high inflation
LONDON: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is set to table the UK’s Spring Statement, or the country’s one of two annual fiscal state
