Sri Lanka crisis turns violent as one killed at ex-minister’s office
A political crisis in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn on Sunday, with one person killed when a sacked cabinet minister tried to re-enter his office, days after the president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of China in his place.
Czechs celebrate centenary with largest military parade since communist era
The Czech Republic marked 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history, highlighting a weekend of celebrations.
Russia not helping to stabilize Central African Republic: France
Russia’s expanding influence in Central African Republic (CAR), a former French colony, over the past months is not likely to stabilize the country, French Defense Minister Florence Parly told weekly Jeune Afrique.
Leicester City helicopter crash enquiries expected to continue for days: police
Leicester police said on Sunday that enquiries into the helicopter crash outside English soccer club Leicester City’s King Power Stadium were expected to continue over the coming days.
Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced them to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel areas near the capital.
Brazil’s right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins
Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the most polarized election in decades as anger over corruption and crime were expected to carry Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency, marking a dramatic swing to the right in the world’s fourth-largest democracy.
Iran’s Khamenei calls for fight against enemy ‘infiltration’
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy “infiltration” in a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, state television reported.
Sri Lanka crisis worsens as ex-minister’s guard opens fire, wounding three
The security guard of a minister in the sacked Sri Lankan government opened fire at an office on Sunday wounding three people, worsening a constitutional crisis in the island nation days after the president ousted the prime minister and appointed a new…
Turkish forces bombarded Syrian Kurdish YPG militia positions east of Euphrates: Anadolu
Turkish forces bombarded Kurdish YPG militia positions on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Sunday.
Russia says preparing answers to U.S. questions on arms control pact: RIA
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that Moscow has started preparing answers to the questions related to arms control pact delivered by U.S. officials, RIA news agency quoted him as saying.
