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Protesters have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would step down on 13 July,

The Taliban is trying to establish its control over Afghanistan’s institutions, but there is a big grey area. Most of the country’s 70 or so diplomatic missions still functioning are doing so

Rohingya refugees living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh are demanding to go home to Myanmar. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations to demand repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled

Verbal instructions given to officials who take part in TV debates to be ‘extremely cautious’ on religious matters, reports say. Leaders of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party have instructed officials to be

India is in the midst of a diplomatic nightmare over controversial comments made by a senior official from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) about the Prophet Muhammad. Nupur Sharma’s remarks, made

At least 49 killed and over 300 injured after fire and explosions hit the container depot near the port city of Chittagong. At least 49 people have been killed and more than

The UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year was a “disaster” and a “betrayal” that will damage the nation’s interests for years, an inquiry by MPs has found. The Foreign Affairs Committee said

Bangladesh will observe state mourning tomorrow (May 14, 2022) on the death of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. National flags at all government, semi-government, autonomous, educational institutions, public and private

Security forces are deployed across Sri Lanka with orders to shoot looters on sight amid continuing protests at the government’s handling of a devastating economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed to

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government’s handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew after violent