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Ready to engage with Tamil diaspora for reconciliation talks, says Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that he will engage with the Tamil diaspora for reconciliation talks to resolve the country's internal problems and would not hesitate to grant presidential pardon to Tamil youths in jail for LTTE links

Month after Afghans fell from plane in desperate bid to escape Taliban rule, families relive horror

More than a month later, much remains unclear about what happened in that tragic takeoff on 16 August, a day after the Taliban swept into Kabul

India administers record 2 crore COVID-19 vaccines on PM Modi’s 71st birthday

The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the one-crore mark for the fourth time in less than a month on Friday — the other days being 6 September, 31 August and 27 August

Japanese ruling party race to determine next prime minister to do away 'revolving door' concerns

Two men and, unusually for Japan, two women are competing in the 29 September vote to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

Afghanistan dominates SCO talks: Highlights of who said what at Dushanbe summit

Members of the China and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Friday endorsed Iran's future membership of the bloc that already includes South Asian rivals India and Pakistan

World Bank cancels business report after investigation reveals Chinese data alteration

Staff members changed data on China to improve its ranking under pressure from the office of then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and from then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva and one of her advisers

Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise

Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it into the 21st century

Why Kim Jong Un's recent missile launches hint at North Korea's nuclear arsenal expansion

Kim may also be going back to a tried-and-true technique of pressuring the world with missile launches and outrageous threats before offering negotiations at the last minute meant to extract aid, experts said

Droughts ravage the West; water availability woes burden farmers

Larger-scale efforts to spread water more equitably have been uneven. Along the Deschutes River, where every drop is accounted for, many farmers worry that if they lease their water rights, even temporarily, they may not get them back

Pakistan NSA criticises ‘wait and watch’ policy on recognising Taliban regime, warns of Afghanistan's economic collapse

National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf said the world in its own interest should talk directly to the Taliban on their concerns, including counterterrorism, human rights, inclusive government, or other issues