Foreign Ministry calls on citizens to avoid Colombo after thousands storm president's residence and office over economic crisis; 34 including 2 police officers hurt in scuffles

Government's victory in ancient city marked turning point in conflict, but left country's former economic capital mostly destroyed in intense fighting with rebels

Demographic and social changes, a diminishing perception of Israel as being in need and concerns over the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have likely driven this drop for years

Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak launches campaign to replace departing prime minister, as some of Johnson's party calls for him to step down even before elections

Leader of British opposition party Keir Starmer had vowed to resign if fined over incident, after PM Johnson refused to quit after breaking rules to attend party

Reformist former politician Mostafa Tajzadeh detained after criticizing Iranian supreme leader online; 2 dissident filmmakers also detained

Archaeologists say bone fragment is around 1.4 million years old, but need to complete scientific dating process

Distrust now runs so deep that even groups that seem ideologically aligned are questioning each others’ motives and intentions, with fascist marchers accused of being FBI