Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said on Monday he had resigned after Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidency in elections on the debt-ridden Indian Ocean island. Gunawardena, 75, became…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is exploring options to alleviate the burden of additional debt on countries seeking to recover from financial crises, in response to criticisms of its current…
Voters in Sri Lanka cast their ballots on Saturday to elect a new president in an election seen as a referendum on the austerity plan approved by the International Monetary…
Despite a decrease in the number of migrants arriving from the Horn of Africa to Yemeni shores, government forces have intensified their campaigns against human traffickers and smugglers in Lahij…
The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to announce proposed rules to ban Chinese and Russian devices and software in connected cars, starting Monday, due to security concerns. The ban aligns…
Al Jazeera announced that Israeli forces stormed its office in Ramallah on Sunday morning, closing it for 45 days under a military order. Israeli soldiers informed the office director, Walid…
Iranian airlines have prohibited passengers on flights between Tehran and Beirut from carrying “pager” devices and wireless communication equipment. A statement from the company’s public relations department clarified that these…
The Iranian state television reported that at least 51 people have died and 12 others were injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in…
The new center-right government dominated by centrists and conservatives was announced by the French presidential palace on Saturday. The announcement came more than two months following elections that produced a…
The Court of Appeal in Rabat, Morocco, has pledged to consider a complaint filed by Moroccan lawyers against an Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes. The Israeli soldier, Moshe…