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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy examines the site of a recent battle in Bucha close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Zelenskyy to address UN Security Council for first time since Russian...

Images and videos of people lying dead on the streets of Bucha, some with their hands tied behind them, drew global...

5 April 2022 4:49 AM GMT

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP)

Sri Lanka's Opposition rejects President's invitation to join unity...

The largest opposition political party rejected the president's proposal of a unity government and termed this spate of...

5 April 2022 2:16 AM GMT

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP)

Sri Lankan Prez sacks brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa

Basil has been replaced by Ali Sabry, who was until Sunday night the Minister of Justice

4 April 2022 10:40 PM GMT

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Imran Khan nominates former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker PM

Under Article 224-A(1) of the constitution of Pakistan, a caretaker government is set up to organize elections in the...

4 April 2022 9:34 PM GMT

Supporters of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chant slogans during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP)

Pakistan Supreme Court to hear arguments on constitutional crisis

Imran Khan will remain in charge for at least two weeks, or until an interim government is formed to oversee elections

4 April 2022 7:22 AM GMT

Protestors hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 3, 2022. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers resigns, as country faces its worst...

Political experts said the ministers came under intense pressure from the public over the govt's alleged mishandling of...

4 April 2022 5:09 AM GMT

Supporter of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hold the national flag during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Imran Khan claims US diplomat Donald Lu involved in 'conspiracy' to...

Pakistan's Opposition leaders have ridiculed Khan's allegation, and the US has dismissed it

4 April 2022 1:52 AM GMT

Sri Lankans participate in a protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign, before the beginning of curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka blocks social media to contain anti-govt protests

Anonymous activists had called for mass protests on Sunday on social media before the order went into effect

3 April 2022 6:17 AM GMT

A delivery man wearing personal protective equipment prepares to deliver food bought online for residents who were restricted due to a recent Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Ningbo in Chinas eastern Zhejiang province on April 2, 2022. (AFP)

COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown

While small by the standards of some countries, the daily case numbers are some of the largest since the virus was first...

3 April 2022 5:40 AM GMT

A billboard with the picture of Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan is displayed outside the National Assembly, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP /Anjum Naveed)

Imran Khan faces dismissal as Pakistan parliament sits for...

No premier of Pakistan has ever completed a full term, and Khan faces the biggest challenge to his rule since being...

3 April 2022 5:19 AM GMT

The Undertaker gestures after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday night.. (By Arrangement)

Undertaker immortalised in Hall of Fame

Other inductees into the 2022 Hall of fame included The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott, Queen Sharmell, Late Shad...

2 April 2022 8:26 PM GMT

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, March 18, 2022. (AP)

Zelenskyy: Russians create complete disaster' with mines

Zelenskyy warned of difficult battles ahead as Russia redeploys troops

2 April 2022 7:52 AM GMT