COLOMBO – THE Sri Lankan government declared a curfew with immediate effect, junior defense minister Ruwan Wijewardene

DUBAI – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Iran on Sunday to discuss security and regional issues, Iranian state TV reported, a day after Islamabad urged Tehran to act against militants behind killings in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province.

The European Union has introduced a new mechanism for screening foreign investment.

Ukrainians will head to the polls shortly in a run-off election to pick the country’s next president.

For France’s intellectual crème de la crème a place at the elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) is coveted above all others.

The US has launched a multi-million dollar clean-up operation at an air base in Vietnam it used to store the notorious chemical Agent Orange.

MAPUTO – THE International Monetary Fund will grant Mozambique a $118.2 million credit facility to help it rebuild infrastructure after a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds of people and flattened whole villages, the lender said on Friday.

The team created a cell-containing “bioink” and used it to 3D print the organ layer by layer.

Corporate America is starting to embrace 420, the marijuana holiday long recognized by potheads around the world.

The South Asian nation is absorbing technology faster than ever, with a population of internet subscribers only trailing China.