An alleged accomplice of underworld figure 'Angoda Priyankara', who has fled to Dubai, has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) in the Nagahamulla area of Wellampitiya. According to the STF, the suspect was arrested while in posse
New U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Eric Meyer has met with Deputy Minister of Defence Major General (Retd.) Aruna Jayasekara for their first official meeting. The meeting focused on the growing US-Sri Lanka defence partnership, including recent US
Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Monday he would never take risks with the economy, re-committing to a pledge to stic
Belarus has begun a new round of pardons for political prisoners following talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and U.S. envoy
Rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly
Addressing the Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva on 07 September 2026, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Sumith Da
Formula 1 has increased the number of sprint races from six to 10 for the 2027 World Championship. Sprint events, which feature a shorter race on Saturday and an extra qualifying session on Friday, will be held for the first time in Bahrain, Aust
At least 60 people were killed in a gold mine collapse on Sunday in a remote area north of the town of al-Nuhud in Sudan's West Kord
India's drug regulator has issued a nationwide public health alert against two Pakistan-made skin-whitening creams after tests found exc
Islamist extremist violence in Africa's Sahel region is set to reach historic highs after a series of sweeping offensives by groups link
Irma puts on her heavy rubber boots as she prepares for a volunteer firefighting shift in her village of Sungai Putri, on the Indonesian
Vice President JD Vance said the Iran war will enter a "much different phase" in the coming months during an interview with the New York
A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon
Singapore is paying its citizens to pick up a book for at least 15 minutes a day in an effort to fight the rise of doomscrolling.The aff
The European Commission will propose an emergency framework to prevent sudden massive inflows of migrants, Commission President Ursula
A new poll of over 35,000 people worldwide shows continued support for global cooperation and rising trust in international institutions, but less comfort with the United States or China taking leadership roles. In fact, many view both as a threat.
A Russian court has convicted a Russian-Canadian national of treason and sentenced him to seven years in a penal colony for work he di
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Beijing for talks with his counterpart, Wang Yi, as China pressed both Washington
