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Call for Sri Lanka to reduce prison overcrowding after riot kills 28

A deadly riot at a prison in the coastal town of Negombo on the outskirts of Colombo left 28 people dead.

Bangladesh’s Hasina plans December return with party colleagues to surrender

Ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina plans to return to Bangladesh around December.

Google appeals against Indian ruling over its ads platform, citing consumer harm

In 2025, Google earned US$4.1 billion in gross advertising revenue in its Indian market, but it is also facing a raft of antitrust cases and court battles.

Sri Lanka’s spy-thriller probe into deadly 2019 ‘Easter bombings’

(FILES) Sri Lanka's opposition activists take part in a sit-in protest to demand the release of detained former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay, outside a railway station in Colombo on June 10, 2026. Retired Sri Lankan major general and counterterrorism expert Suresh Sallay has addressed the Pentagon and the United Nations on subjects including social media's role in "radicalisation, extremism, and terrorism". But the island's former spy chief was himself arrested under anti-terrorism laws in February 2026 and accused by the government of masterminding the 2019 Easter bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in Sri Lanka's history. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Pakistani rescuers find wreckage of lost cargo plane; search on for missing crew

The wreckage of the K2 Airways Cargo Boeing 737, after it was recovered during a search and rescue operation in the Arabian Sea, off Ormara town, on July 8.

Landslide kills eight at refugee school in Bangladesh

Bangladesh rescue personnel and volunteers work at the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains at a school in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on July 8.

Sri Lanka to convert hospital into prison to ease overcrowding after deadly riot

Prisoners boarding a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on July 6.

Families mourn 26 killed in deadly Sri Lanka prison riot

The seven prison officials and 19 prisoners died in two days of fighting between two groups of inmates at the prison in the coastal town of Negombo.

How a viral post sparked India’s Gen Z protest

Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party attending a sit-in protest called by CJP demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on June 30.

India’s Modi notches up global honours with another medal from Indonesia

In 2026 alone, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi collected six awards – roughly one a month – including from Slovakia, Norway and Israel.

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