Sri Lanka has suspended the sale of fuel to all non-essential vehicles and is stockpiling its limited remaining supplies to keep its emergency services running, as the worst economic crisis in the country’s history continues to deteriorate.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to strengthen the country’s defence capabilities, state media has reported.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s economy has “completely collapsed”, leaving it unable to pay for essentials such as oil imports.
The Irish Government has said it is in “ongoing contact” with French authorities about a military exercise planned for this week that may affect a part of Ireland’s waters.
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian authorities said a ban on the transit through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad of goods that are subject to EU sanctions was to take effect from Saturday.
By Tim Kelly and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) – Military commanders from Japan, the United States, South Korea, the Philippines and fourteen other countries met in Tokyo this week for a gathering that Washington hopes will help forge cooperation between nations that can help it contain China.
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – China needs to lift its sanctions on Australia to improve relations, Australia’s prime minister said on Tuesday, as he welcomed as “a good thing” the first talks between ministers from the two countries in almost three years.
Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh’s capital and parts of India to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut ties with India unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Cases of desertion are growing every week in the Ukrainian army, according to a leaked intelligence report, as up to 200 of its outgunned soldiers are being killed every day in the eastern Donbas region.
Hackers have flooded the dark web with credit card details stolen from Russia’s largest bank as cybercriminals target the country in the wake of the Ukraine invasion.
