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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after unrest

New Delhi, 02 April 2022 [Fik/News Sources]: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide state of emergency late Friday amid unrest, according to Asian News International (ANI), citing a Daily Mirror report. It said the state of emergency was declared considering the current situation in the country and public safety, the protection of public order and maintenance of supplies and services necessary for the life of the community. Police also instituted a curfew in the Western province. It said the curfew will be in effect from midnight until 6 a.m. local time Saturday. Government describes protests as ‘terrorist acts’ Demonstrations were held near the presidential residence to protest Rajapaksa and his economic policies. The government described the demonstrations as "terrorist

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Macron on Iran nuclear deal: there is no 'Plan B'

France, 23 Apr 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that there is no "Plan B" if the accord is scrapped. "I don't have any Plan B for nuclear – against Iran," Macron told Fox News Sunday, in an English-language interview broadcast on the eve of his three-day state visit. "So that's a question we will discuss, but that's why I just want to say, on nuclear – let's present this framework because it's better than the sort of North Korean type of situation," North Korea has developed and tested nuclear weapons as well as intercontinental ballistic missiles, posing a significant threat to global security. US President

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Biden announces another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine

WASHINGTON, 16 June 2022 [Fik/News Sources]: President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the US is providing Ukraine with an additional $1 billion in security assistance as Russia's war enters its fourth month. The announcement came in a telephone call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the war, during which the US president said he reaffirmed his commitment that Washington will stand with Kyiv against Moscow's aggression. "I informed President Zelenskyy that the United States is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, including additional artillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems that the Ukrainians need to support their defensive operations in the Donbas," Biden said in a statement. The US president

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