Category: WORLD

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –US President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – More than 900,000 homes have been left without power after Typhoon Faxai made landfall near Tokyo.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Princess Charlotte, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived for her first day at school on Wednesday morning.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in parliament on Tuesday when one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Hurricane Dorian which hit archipelago on Sunday has claimed five lives and rendered many homeless, informed Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. Hurricane Dorian is “the strongest hurricane” ever to hit the archipelago.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state of Assam was published on 31 August 2019 in India. Since then, there have been commentaries in sections of the foreign media about aspects of the final NRC which are incorrect.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Pope Francis has apologised for arriving late to weekly prayer. after he was stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Race car driver Jessi Combs, who earned the title of the “fastest woman on four wheels” after she set a record with a jet-powered car, died Tuesday while trying to beat a land speed record, officials said.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis noted the universal concern for the “vast fires” that are raging throughout the Amazon region. The Holy Father prayed that, “with the commitment of all,” the fires “might be contained as soon as possible.”