Sri Lanka’s Parliament witnessed chaos for a second day Friday as MPs loyal to disputed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa occupied the seat of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and shouted slogans, forcing him to summon police inside the House and adjourning the session until Monday. The brawl occurred a da

SYDNEY: Australia announced on Friday it was taking legal action against India at the WTO over sugar subsidies it said caused a "significant downturn" in world prices and hurt domestic producers. India, the world's second-largest sugar producer, has been giving help to its cane growers, who repor

A pregnant Indian-origin woman has been killed after an arrow pierced through her abdomen in a crossbow attack in London, but her baby survived following an emergency Caesarean section. Sana Mohammad, 35, was injured in the abdomen during the attack on Monday in Ilford area of east London. She di

US president Donald Trump on Tuesday called ties with India a “bulwark for freedom, prosperity, and peace”, spoke of his friendship with prime minister Narendra Modi and, trying to lighten up the trade negotiations between the two countries, he said Indians are “very good negotiators”. The presid

New Delhi: Amnesty International on Monday stripped Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest award, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, in light of her “shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for” and her failure to protect human rights in the Buddhist country and prevent the persecution of

ISTANBUL: Turkey on Monday lashed out at "unacceptable" and "impertinent" comments by the French foreign minister who accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of playing a "political game" over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings linked to the S

HODEIDA: At least 149 people including civilians were killed in 24 hours of clashes between government loyalists and rebels in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida, medics and military sources said Monday. A military source in Hodeida confirmed seven civilians had died in the key port city, without

KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested 12 Indian fishermen for allegedly straying into the country's territorial waters off the coast of Sindh province, a security official said today. They were arrested over the weekend by personnel of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) during an operation.

Turkey has given recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Turkish sources have said previously that authorities have an audio recording purportedly documenting

Baghdad: Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed on Saturday to work together to stabilise oil markets, Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said, without giving further details. During a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq and Saudi Arabia’s oil ministers also discussed an electricity grid connection between the

Jakarta: Indonesia authorities said on Saturday they had stopped the search for victims of a plane crash that killed all 189 people on board, but would keep looking for the Lion Air flight`s second black box, the cockpit voice recorder. "There is nowhere left to search and we have stopped finding

Four Indian-origin men were charged by a Singapore court on Saturday for lighting fireworks on Diwali. Lighting of fireworks has been banned in the country since 1972. The four men were involved in three separate incidents -- illegal fireworks in the housing estates of Yishun, Bukit Batok West an

The Pentagon is moving to stop refueling Saudi Arabian aircraft fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but it wasn’t clear Friday if a final decision was made or if Congress had been notified, US officials said. Other U.S. officials said the refueling change does not affect the U.S. military assistance an

Is any job safe? As public and private companies continue to tinker with Artificial Intelligence and explore its many possible applications, there's a growing concern that AI-technology will replace human beings in most, if not all, professions, technical and otherwise. The latest job added to that

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would attend the swearing-in ceremony of Maldives President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on November 17, signalling New Delhi’s attempt to reset ties with Male. This will be Modi’s first visit to the Maldives after

California: Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly "college night" Wednesday in Southern California, sending hundreds fleeing in terror including some who used barstools to break windows and escape, authorities said. The dead include

Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, who was last week acquitted by the Supreme Court in a blasphemy case after spending eight years on death row, has been freed from the prison in Multan city, her lawyer said. While she has boarded a plane, her destination was not known, BBC reported on Wednesda

The UN Postal System has issued two stamps with diyas in celebration of Diwali as "the quest for the triumph of good over evil". India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said in a tweet on Tuesday: "Thank you @UNStamps for portraying our common quest for the triumph of Good over Evil in y