Sri Lanka Prez suspends Parliament amid political crisis
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday suspended the Parliament till May 8 amid the political crisis caused by differences between him and PM Ranil Wickremesinghe. This came after Wickremesinghe survived a no-confidence motion against him which was backed by ministers from Sirisena's party. Sirisena has replaced Wickremesinghe as head of several institutions amidst the crisis.