07 May 2019, Colombo (AFP) Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony’s church partially opened for worship Tuesday even as security forces were rebuilding a shrine inside following the Easter suicide bombing. The
06 May 2019, Washington (AFP) The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a “clear and unmistakable” message
03 May 2019, Wellington (BBC) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her long-term partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, a spokesman has confirmed. News of the couple’s engagement
03 May 2019, Puri, India (AFP) Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, slammed into India on Friday, tearing down trees,
02 May 2019, California (BBC) Google is to offer users the option of automatically deleting their search and location history after three months. The search giant already allows users to
02 May 2019, Bangkok (BBC) The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of queen, a royal statement has
02 May 2019, Bhubaneswar (AFP) Nearly 800,000 people in India’s eastern coastal districts have been evacuated ahead of the expected arrival of a major cyclone packing winds of up to
01 May 2019, Tokyo (BBC) Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has pledged to fulfil his role as a “symbol of the state and unity”, in his first public address since taking the
30 April 2019, Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) Afghanistan’s president opened a grand council on Monday of more than 3,200 Afghans seeking to agree on a common approach to peace talks with
29 April 2019, Paris (AFP) Diplomats from 130 nations gathered in Paris on Monday to validate a grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for
