Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the Prime Minister’s office said.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters, hours before he was due to step down amid widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of people were under lockdown in a small Chinese city yesterday after just one case of Covid-19 was detected, as Beijing’s strict no-tolerance virus strategy showed no sign of abating.

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing visited Moscow yesterday, Russian media reported, as the US vowed to put pressure on his military regime over a 2021 coup.

In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement.

Don’t fall ill or get into accidents: That’s the advice doctors in Sri Lanka are giving patients as the country’s economic crisis leaves its health care system short of drugs and other vital supplies.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, noted for her unique ways to connect with people, was seen serving “fuchka”, a popular street snack among Bangalees, to children and a tourist from Bangladesh in Darjeeling today.

Sri Lanka’s lawmakers agreed to elect a new president next week but struggled Tuesday to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt country out of economic and political collapse.

Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources of AFP said.

A senior UN official has said India’s prospects of securing permanent membership of the UN Security Council may get boosted if it goes past China to become the world’s most populous nation in 2023.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has signed his letter of resignation on Monday (July 11, 2022), according to the Daily Mirror. The resignation would be made public by the Speaker of Parliament tomorrow.

Sri Lanka’s embattled president was stuck in his own country Tuesday in a humiliating standoff with airport immigration staff blocking his exit to safety abroad, official sources said Tuesday.

The man, who had sneaked into West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s high-security residence at Kalighat in south Kolkata earlier this month, had visited Bangladesh last year and he may have cross-border links with a terror group, according to the city police.

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned on Monday (July 11) during a policy speech in the Indonesian capital that countries should avoid being used as “chess pieces” by major powers in a region at risk of being reshaped by geopolitical factors.

Sri Lanka's parliament will reconvene on July 15 and a new president will be elected on July 20, the parliamentary speaker said on Monday, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to resign on Wednesday amid a devastating economic crisis.

Couples worldwide are often taking the unbeaten path to break away from traditions and stereotypes during weddings, and to do something fun and spontaneous.

India’s Supreme Court today awarded a four month sentence to fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya in a contempt of court case.

Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister’s office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men.

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties were meeting Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resign in the most dramatic day of monthslong political turmoil, with protesters storming both leaders’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the economic crisis.