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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over credentials to his elder brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who also holds the finance, urban development and Buddhist affairs ministries during a ceremony in Kandy, Sri Lanka. (AP)World
Sri Lanka-'s new Cabinet ministers include four Rajapaksas

The Cabinet members took oaths in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister...

12 Aug 2020 4:02 PM IST

Workers carrying a bucket with fish at a seafood market in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)World
Coronavirus found on outer packaging of frozen seafood in China

Everyone who handled the goods is under quarantine and have tested negative for coronavirus while the goods are sealed...

12 Aug 2020 10:46 AM IST

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. (AP)World
China-'s community transmission cases fall to single digits

Authorities have ordered mask-wearing, restrictions on indoor dining and other social distancing measures to stem its...

12 Aug 2020 10:19 AM IST

Senator Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - China on August 10, 2020 sanctioned 11 Americans, including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for similar US moves against Chinese officials over Beijings crackdown in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
China sanctions 11 Americans in retaliation for US move

US last week accused 11 Hong Kong officials of suppressing -'freedom and democratic processes-', and announced plans to...

10 Aug 2020 4:30 PM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa greets supporters following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle, Sri Lanka. (AP)World
Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan PM for 4th time

Rajapaksa is highly popular among the ethnic majority Sinhalese for ending the country’s 25-year civil war against...

9 Aug 2020 10:49 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters. (AP)World
How the Rajapaksa clan is the most powerful political dynasty in Sri...

The powerful clan has held sway over the island nation-'s politics for decades, as well as having a major influence in...

7 Aug 2020 2:38 PM IST

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk ties a blessed thread on the wrist of Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Tangalle on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The countrys powerful Rajapaksa brothers secured a landslide victory in the parliamentary election, giving them nearly a two-thirds majority of seats required to make constitutional changes, according to results released Friday. Rajapaksa is likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, after the vote that could strengthen dynastic. (AP)World
Rajapaksa brothers secure landslide victory in Sri Lankan elections

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, President Gotabaya...

7 Aug 2020 9:52 AM IST

A security officer wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus gestures outside the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. (AP)World
Canadian citizen sentenced to death over drug charges in China

China has similarly sentenced two other Canadians to death last year on drug trafficking charges as a diplomatic row...

6 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus cross an intersection in Beijing. (AP)World
New disease caused by tick-borne virus kills seven, infects 60 in...

Virologists believe that the infection may have been passed on to humans by ticks and that the virus can be transmitted...

6 Aug 2020 10:51 AM IST

China vows retaliation if any U.S. action against journalists. (AFP Photo)World
China vows to retaliate if Chinese journos forced to leave US

The U.S. should immediately correct its mistake and stop its actions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said

4 Aug 2020 3:49 PM IST

Islamabad high court on Monday ordered the Pakistan government to give \another chance\ to recruit lawyer for former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)World
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pakistan court allows India to recruit lawyer

The court ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to approach India and Jadhav again to make them a part of the hearing

4 Aug 2020 2:53 PM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli(right) (AFP)World
Nepal to send controversial -'new-' map to UN, Google

Nepal had released a revised political and administrative map incorporating the disputed territories of Limpiyadhura,...

2 Aug 2020 11:22 AM IST

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