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Gotabaya Rajapaksa gets asylum in Singapore, to resign today

Meanwhile, US Embassy in Sri Lanka on Wednesday cancelled its all consular services for today and tomorrow amid fresh protests. "Out of an abundance of caution, Consular is canceling our Wednesday afternoon services (American citizen services and NIV passback) as well as all consular services on Thursday. We apologize for any inconvenience and will reschedule all cancelled appointments," tweeted US Embassy in Sri Lanka.

Japan no stranger to political violence

We do not readily associate political assassination and violence with democratic and pacifist post-war Japan. In this light, it is not surprising that many reports focused on political violence in Japan as “almost unheard of”