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Colombo: Sri Lankan Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Wednesday he wanted a floor test in parliament to resolve the issue of two prime ministers in the country which arose following the sacking…

Ottawa (canada): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is formally apologizing on behalf of his nation for turning away a ship full of Jewish refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany in 1939. The…

Washington: Greeting people across the world observing Diwali, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said that it is a festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness. He…

Washington: President Donald Trump Republicans seized victory in Indiana’s high-profile Senate contest on Tuesday, defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly and making the Democrats’ narrow path to a Senate majority ever slimmer. Trump-backed…

Washington/New Delhi: The United States has exempted India from the imposition of certain sanctions for the development of the strategically-located Chabahar port in Iran, along with the construction of the railway line…

Tehran : Iran greeted the re-imposition of US sanctions with air defence drills and an acknowledgement from President Hassan Rouhani the nation faces a “war situation,” raising Mideast tensions as America’s maximalist…

Washington : The US has exempted three Iranian nuclear sites from sanctions, but warned that they will be under strict scrutiny, the State Department said. The benefitted sites were those of Arak…

Moscow: A Russian Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted a US Navy EP-3E Aries plane over the Black Sea near Russian airspace and escorted it away in a safe manner, the Russian Defence…

GENEVA: Saudi Arabia insisted at the UN that its investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be “fair”, amid a barrage of criticism from countries over the brutal murder. The…

PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban will join multilateral peace talks being hosted by Rus­sia , senior Taliban officials said , after the United States and Afghanistan turned down their invitations. But Taliban spokesman…