Sri Lanka’s president says he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation
As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea’s diaspora in Europe and North America have been attacked by exiles that the regime dismisses as “asylum scum.”
Poland’s president has announced that the country will hold its parliamentary election on October 15
Japan has expressed concerns over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and its suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia’s war on Ukraine
Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit areas around Damascus, killing at least four Syrian soldiers
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media feeds suggest he's been busy unveiling development projects and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders — the powerhouse embodiment of an ascendant India shaking up the global order
Three people have died in a night of intense shelling across Ukraine
The deadline has arrived for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means
Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea, according to Russian officials
Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea, according to Russian officials