COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will dispatch a high-level delegation to Russia to investigate the fate of hundreds of nationals reportedly fighting in the war in Ukraine, a top official said on Thursday.

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SYDNEY - Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning, adding at least four alleged instigators were under house arrest.

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BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing for the first time in his new term, seeking to ensure support for his government with the war in Ukraine now in its third year.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon after being shot in what the country&s Interior Ministry described as an assassination attempt.

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JAKARTA - The number of people killed by weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 67 and 20 are still missing, authorities said on Thursday, as the government plans to relocate survivors to safer areas.

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BEIJING - China declared on Wednesday that it has &goodwill arrangements& for fishing in the South China Sea, as it responded to reports of Philippine commercial vessels in disputed waters.

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