Category: World

State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday, reported Xinhua. A special gazette notice said

4 killed in mid-air plane collision

MOSCOW: Four people died following a collision between two planes in North Las Vegas in the US state of Nevada, reported Sputnik quoting the City

Former Japan PM Abe killed in shooting

KASHIHARA (Japan): Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot at a political campaign event

Singapore conducts two more executions

SINGAPORE: Singapore hanged two drug traffickers today in what campaigners condemned as a shameful and inhuman punishment, taking to four the number of executions in