Sri Lanka has restricted access to major social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter, internet monitoring organisation NetBlocks said on Sunday, after the government imposed a curfew to tackle growing unrest amid an unprecedented economic crisis.

Sri Lanka yesterday declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his relatives and even his most trusted shaman.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday suggested that he might not accept a vote to oust him and called on his supporters to take to the streets today ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could see him thrown out of office.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged the country's youth to stage "peaceful protests" against a "foreign conspiracy" allegedly hatched against his government and said that he has "more than one plan" for tomorrow's crucial vote on the no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly.

Indian traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment to Sri Lanka in the first major food aid since Colombo secured a credit line from New Delhi, two officials told Reuters on Saturday.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide public emergency late on Friday following violent protests over the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Friday that the "establishment" had given him three options: "resignation, no-confidence [vote] or elections", following the filing of a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly.

Amid political turmoil, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry yesterday said that a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan had been reported by security agencies.

Sri Lanka was under heavy security yesterday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president’s home in a night of violence and anger at the unprecedented economic crisis.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government had on Friday handed an official note to the United States' mission in Islamabad to protest over what it called Washington's interference in the country's affairs.

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan had been reported by security agencies.

Police in Sri Lanka's capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and several policemen were hurt near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his handling of an economic crisis.

Fighting for his political life, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday accused “three stooges” of colluding with a foreign power to oust him as a debate on a no-confidence motion against him in parliament was postponed.

The lower house of Pakistan National Assembly has 342 members. A candidate needs a majority of legislators, 172 or more, to vote for him to become PM.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to present a ‘secret letter’ before parliament, as the National Assembly session resumed yesterday after a

The crucial National Assembly session to debate the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, which resumed after a three-day recess on Thursday, was adjourned minutes after it began.

Pakistan government confirmed on Wednesday (March 30, 2022) that its allegation about a foreign conspiracy against the prime minister was based on a diplomatic cable received from one of the country’s missions abroad.

The propeller of a Bangladeshi cargo vessel, which allegedly strayed into Indian waters near Ghoramara island of India’s South 24 Parganas district, got stuck in a fishing net yesterday (March 30), police said.

Sri Lanka announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday (March 31) and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines, as the cash-strapped island's economic crisis deepened.

A main ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan quit his ruling coalition yesterday and joined forces with the opposition seeking to oust him, robbing Khan of his majority in parliament as he faces a looming no-confidence vote.