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Protestors on the island nation of Sri Lanka rallied to largest city of Colombo on Saturday as an estimated 100,000 gathered outside the Sri Lankan President's residence before storming the grounds, breaking through security cordons setup by police. The President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was reportedly evacuated from his office/residence in the country's commercial capital. This comes as worsening economic conditions...

#India’s highest-ranking #military official, Gen. Bipin Rawat, died earlier today after a Mi-17V5 helicopter he was riding in crashed into a wooded hillside near Coonoor. Twelve other people, including Rawat’s wife, were also killed in the crash, which only left one survivor. The cause of the crash is unknown and under investigation, but nothing so far suggests it was shot...