Rishi Sunak holds first campaign event, defends Boris Johnson

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is of Indian descent, is a front runner in the race to become the PM and the Conservative Party leader

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘stuck’ as U.S. ‘rejects’ visa request

After securing a thumping win in 2019, Gotabaya became, arguably, the most unpopular leader in the country amid a grave economic crisis

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Russia's share of India's June oil imports surges to record

Russia continues to be 2nd largest oil supplier after Iraq

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Political stalemate persists in Sri Lanka

Speculation heightens over Gotabaya’s whereabouts; SJB says Premadasa should be interim President

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Calm after the storm, as citizens flock to Sri Lanka’s captured power centres

As calm returns to Colombo, people make their way to the presidential palace in ‘regulated’ long queues; Presidential Secretariat resembles a public park

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The ongoing dialogue between Pakistan and the TTP

Why is the TTP adamant on the reversal of the merger between FATA and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province? Is a peace agreement possible?

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Russia to improve crypto transaction monitoring as regulation draws closer

Russia’s financial monitoring agency wants to improve its systems and identify transactions and blockchains that are currently hidden

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Google offers concessions to avoid U.S. antitrust lawsuit, reports WSJ

Google said it was engaging with concerned regulators and had no plans to exit the ad-tech business

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Elon Musk says he's terminating $44B Twitter buyout deal

Elon Musk’s tumultuous $44 billion bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse — after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter’s board saying he is terminating the acquisition

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Impassioned Biden signs order on abortion access, urges Americans to vote in November

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion, delivering impassioned remarks condemning the Supreme Court decision that ended that constitutional right

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Boris Johnson on the brink as dozens of Ministers abandon his government

Senior Cabinet Ministers, including Interior Minister Priti Patel and Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawiin, to tell Mr. Johnson his time was up, say media reports

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Afghan soil won't be used to launch attacks, says Taliban leader

“We also want other countries not to interfere in our internal affairs,” says Akhundzada

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July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats

He was charged with seven counts of murder in the shooting

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U.K.'s opposition leader says he would welcome snap national election

Keir Starmer said that the country needed a change of government after Boris Johnson lost two of his key Ministers

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China backs Pakistan in opposing G20 Kashmir meetings

Those statements came as China hailed the completion of its first major hydropower project under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the Jhelum river on the border of Punjab and the western part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

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Top U.K. Ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign

"It has been an enormous privilege to serve in this role, but I regret that I can no longer continue in good conscience."

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34 killed in two jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso

The provisional death toll of this terrorist attack is 22 dead, several wounded and material damage.

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Colombo Security Conclave meet in Kochi

The Conclave started as a trilateral maritime cooperation mechanism among India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2011.

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Blasts kill 3 in Russian border city, lawmaker blames Ukraine

The General Staff of Ukraine's military reported that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in Luhansk province, but the president said the fight for the city was still raging on its outskirts.

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Russia claims control of pivotal eastern Ukrainian province

The General Staff of Ukraine's military reported that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in Luhansk province, but the president said the fight for the city was still raging on its outskirts.

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