Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected the unpopular prime minister as their new president, a choice that risked reigniting turmoil in the South Asian nation reeling from economic collapse and months of round-the-clock protests.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered the release on bail of a prominent journalist arrested last month over what police said was a “highly provocative” 2018 tweet aimed at straining ties between majority Hindus and minority Muslims.

New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election yesterday is the fulfilment of a lifetime’s ambition for a veteran political operator who is the nephew of one of his predecessors.

Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka’s new president by the country’s parliament yesterday, with the backing of the party of the ex-leader -- who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by protesters.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s determined steps against terrorism and extremism have been instrumental in ensuring peace both “inside and outside” Bangladesh, Himanta Biswa Sarma, chief minister of the Indian state of Assam, has said.

India’s Supreme Court today (July 20, 2022) granted interim bail to fact-checking portal Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in all six FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh state – for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through tweets – and ordered his release by this evening.

Sri Lankan lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president Wednesday to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil in the troubled South Asian island nation.

Every day, Indian octogenarian Kaleem Ullah Khan wakes at dawn, prays, then ambles a little over a kilometre to his 120-year-old mango tree, which he has coaxed into producing more than 300 varieties of the beloved fruit over the years.

Sri Lanka’s Parliament will vote by secret ballot Wednesday for a new president to lead the country out of the deep political, economic and humanitarian crisis that toppled the previous leader and has left simmering tensions in the island nation.

Three candidates were nominated yesterday to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his residence.

A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said yesterday it had captured 14 junta troops and killed an unspecified number, in the latest blow to a fragile peace in the only

Over 3.92 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in last three years and 1.70 lakh of them – the highest – took up US citizenship, the Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament), was informed today (July 19, 2022).

The leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition party withdrew his candidacy for president on Tuesday, throwing his support to another contender as lawmakers prepared to choose a successor to the ousted leader who fled the country last week.

Sri Lanka’s acting president renewed the country’s state of emergency yesterday ahead of a parliamentary vote to pick a new head of state -- a poll in which he is a leading candidate.

Dozens of Thai democracy activists were targeted by the controversial Israeli spyware known as Pegasus during the height of intense anti-government protests, according to an international digital rights group report.

At least 18 women drowned and dozens more people are missing after an overcrowded boat carrying a Pakistan wedding party capsized yesterday, officials said.

Noted playback singer, ghazal maestro and musician Bhupinder Singh passed away yesterday at 7:45pm in Mumbai’s Criticare hospital.

India’s parliament yesterday began voting for a new President, with a female politician from the country’s marginalised tribal community the favourite for the post.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan yesterday called again for an early national election after his party seized control of the state assembly in Punjab, the country’s most populous province.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has cited the example of the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka to warn other countries that they could also face a similar situation in the face of high debt levels and limited policy space.