The Maldives president said Friday an explosion that wounded former leader Mohamed Nasheed was an attack on the country’s democracy and economy and said Australian police would assist the investigation.
Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs World for pulling the crown off the head of the winner of a Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant and allegedly causing injuries.
Sri Lanka’s government said on Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism.