The Pakistani rupee has plunged to an all-time low due to the US dollar’s continued upward spiral against the currency amid political uncertainty in the South Asian country.

Sri Lanka’s embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will appoint a new premier and a cabinet this week amid the current state of emergency.

The Hezbollah leader slams calls for the disarmament of the resistance movement in the run-up to the May 15 parliamentary elections.

People are angry over the worsening economic crisis they believe the government is mishandling.

Months of lengthy blackouts, record inflation and acute food and fuel shortages have spread public discontent in Sri Lanka.

The French presidential election has roared back to relevance as voters are upset over the inflation crisis.

Sri Lanka’s main economic problem is that its foreign currency reserves have virtually run dry.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign despite widespread protests against his handling of the country's economy.

Sri Lanka has enforced a nationwide 13-hour power cut, as an economic crisis deepens due to the government’s inability to provide fuel for generators, suspending routine hospital surgeries and resulting in more than a million employees working from home to save fuel.

An analyst says the coronavirus lockdowns may have simply made French people more resigned to their political fate.