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COLOMBO 25 Feb (Online): Sri Lanka’s election commission indefinitely postponed local polls on Friday after the president — installed by parliament last year after his predecessor fled — refused to fund the vote. The March 9 polls would only have picked local councillors but would […]

TEHRAN 25 Feb (Online): An Iranian general on Friday warned that his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassination of top commander Qasem Soleimani. Tehran has repeatedly vowed to avenge […]

Bayonne, France, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Prosecutors on Friday charged a 16-year-old boy with murder over the fatal stabbing of his Spanish teacher during class earlier this week in southwest France, his lawyer said. The teenager reported a “little voice” suggested he kill Agnes Lassalle, 52, […]

Edinburgh, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Three candidates — two women and a Muslim man — will battle it out to replace Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, it was announced Friday, in a race already mired in controversy. Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf all met […]

Athens, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants. “It is worthwhile exploring the possibility of, and where relevant legally enabling, safe third-country arrangements with […]

BRUNEI, Feb 24 (XINHUA/APP): Brunei held a massive parade and performances with about 7,000 participants in the capital on Thursday to celebrate its 39th National Day. Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, together with other members of the royal family, attended the celebration at Taman Haji Sir […]

LONDON, Feb 24 (XINHUA/APP): Britain on Friday observed a minute of silence to mark the first anniversary since beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led the nation in the event that began at 11 a.m. from his Downing Street office in […]

Beijing, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): China called Friday for urgent peace talks as it released its plan to end the war in Ukraine, but Western powers quickly rebuffed the proposals. The 12-point paper calling for a “political settlement” of the crisis. Timed to coincide with the […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday during a visit to Kyiv that he hoped to send ten Leopard tanks to Ukraine in the coming months. Speaking to reporters alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sanchez said Spain was sending six […]

Tallinn, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Estonia’s defence “starts from Ukraine,” the Baltic state’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said Thursday in an interview with AFP on the eve of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We see clearly that our defence right now starts also from […]