Loyalists turn on Sri Lankan PM as protest pressure grows

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered prime minister came under increased pressure to step down on Satu­rday, as a cabinet minister and other senior party members backed street protests calling for resignations over a worsening economic crisis. Media minister Nalaka Godahewa announced his support for the thousands outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office who are demanding he and other مزید پڑھیں

Russia claims Mariupol ‘liberated,’ US rushes new aid for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the “liberation” of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed into their underground last stand. The fate of the besieged port has become totemic as Russia battles to complete a land bridge covering territories already under its مزید پڑھیں

Multiple casualties as blast hits mosque in northern Afghanistan

An explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday killed or wounded at least 20 people, a local Taliban commander said. “A blast happened in 2nd district inside a mosque, more than 20 dead and injured,” Mohammad Asif Wazeri, the spokesman for the Taliban commander in Mazar-i-Sharif told Reuters. Zia مزید پڑھیں

Russia tests intercontinental nuclear-capable missile

Russia said on Wednesday it had conducted a first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin said would give Moscow’s enemies something to think about. Putin was shown on television being told by the military that the missile had been launched from Plesetsk مزید پڑھیں

Ukraine calls for talks in teetering Mariupol as Moscow holds ICBM test

Ukraine called Wednesday for urgent negotiations with Russia in Mariupol, which appeared close to falling after weeks of siege, as Vladimir Putin flexed his military muscle with the test launch of a new, nuclear capable ICBM. Washington downplayed the test of the intercontinental ballistic missile and said it had been notified in advance, but Putin مزید پڑھیں