The secretary to the Ministry of Public Security said the government has felt that recent killings were an attempt to sabotage the ongoing investigation into high-profile cases of the past, including the revived investigation on the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings. File | Photo Credit: AP The Sri Lankan Government said on Saturday (February 22, … Read more
C.Q. Brown. File | Photo Credit: AP In a major shakeup to the military leadership, U.S. President Donald Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, the highest-ranking officer in the country. Taking to social media, Mr. Trump stated, “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 … Read more
Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released on Saturday (February 22, 2025) even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The two hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were put into Red Cross vehicles after being brought out … Read more
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A second meeting between representatives of Russia and the United States is planned for the next two weeks, the RIA state news agency reported on Saturday (February 22, 2025), citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Moscow and Washington held their first talks on … Read more
Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, speaks during an interview with PTI, in Mumbai, on Feb. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, who was jailed falsely on charges of kidnapping and murder of her father’s former employee in Uganda, claimed that her more than three-week … Read more
Nuns pray next to the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, will not appear in public on Sunday to lead his usual … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay during a meeting, in New Delhi, March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India and Bhutan enjoy “exemplary ties” of friendship and cooperation, based on trust, goodwill and mutual understanding at all levels, and the visit of Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay was in … Read more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners will visit India on February 27 and 28, the government and Commission announced. The visit comes early in the Commission’s new term, which began in December last year. | Photo Credit: AP European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of … Read more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners will visit India on February 27 and 28, the government and Commission announced. The visit comes early in the Commission’s new term, which began in December last year. | Photo Credit: AP European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of … Read more
Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released on Saturday (February 22, 2025) even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The two hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were put into Red Cross vehicles after being brought out … Read more