Sri Lanka with a high proportion of rural population stands to benefit from the improvement of transport linkages to rural regions. This view was expressed by Senior Transport Specialist World Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka youth player Ahan pride of Royal
Wickramasinghe Arachchige Ahan Sanchitha of Royal College Colombo turned in a fine batting performance last season in the Under 19 Division One inter Schools Cricket (Two day) Tournament conducted by ... ( read original story ...)
Famine in Yemen
MILLIONS of Yemenis have no bread to eat yet nations at war there are buying bombs to continue a pointless civil conflict. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia begins construction for Singapore-Johor RTS Link with groundbreaking ceremony at Bukit Chagar station
Malaysia began construction for the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project between Singapore and Johor on Sunday (Nov 22) with a ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan prompts security concerns
The Trump administration this week announced plans to withdraw 2,000 troops from Afghanistan by mid-January. Critics say the withdrawal could lead to more violence in the already war-torn country. ( read original story ...)
McMaster blasts “abhorrent” Trump plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
H.R. McMaster, a retired lieutenant general and President Trump's former national security adviser, said the Trump administration is handing the Taliban a victory by withdrawing troops from ... ( read original story ...)
Netanyahu urges no return to Iran nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an apparent message to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, said on Sunday there should be no return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal abandoned by President ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi UN ambassador: Nobody ‘naive enough’ to rejoin Iran nuclear deal – including Biden administration
Saudi Arabia’s U.N. envoy on Sunday dismissed the idea that the United States would re-enter the Iran nuclear deal under a Joe Biden administration, saying nobody would be “naive enough” to go back to ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan minister deletes tweet containing Macron Nazi jibe
A Pakistani minister on Sunday withdrew comments she made earlier that President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis had treated Jews in World War Two. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan minister compares French President to Nazis, withdraws remarks after backlash
"Macron is doing to Muslims what the Nazis did to the Jews," Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said before deleting her tweet and issuing a clarification amid protest by ... ( read original story ...)