Powerful Cyclone Mekunu bears down on Oman, Yemen, expected to make landfall on the weekend
A severe cyclone is forecast to pound the southern coast of Oman in the coming days, shortly after another majorContinue Reading
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Controversial SriLanka monk Gnanasara found guilty of threatening missing journo Prageeth’s spouce
Controversial Sri Lankan monk, the chief of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Gnanasara thero was found guilty in Homagama Courts MagistrateContinue Reading
US staffer suffers brain injury after ‘sound’ incident in China
Beijing (AFP) – The US embassy in China issued a health alert Wednesday after a US government employee experienced anContinue Reading
Death toll of severe weather in Sri Lanka rises to 8
COLOMBO, May 22 (Xinhua) — The death toll from high winds and rains which lashed out across Sri Lanka sinceContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia expands crackdown on women’s rights activists
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested at least three more women’s rights activists in a widening crackdown just weeks beforeContinue Reading
Mangala invites MR for public debate on national debt, Namal questions his priorities
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today that he would like to invite former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a public debateContinue Reading
Johann Peries- the second Sri Lankan to summit Mt Everest
Sri Lanka’s Johann Peries successfully summited Mt. Everest today, becoming the 2nd Sri Lankan to summit Mt. Everest. Peries successfullyContinue Reading
Pompeo Vows ‘Strongest in History’ Sanctions on Iran, Outlines Demands to Tehran
The recently appointed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to devote his first major foreign policy speech to theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka warns of looming foreign debt crisis
Sri Lanka is headed for a debt crisis, the finance ministry warned Sunday, blaming a series of costly projects commissionedContinue Reading
10 Confirmed Dead, 10 Wounded: The Latest on the Santa Fe, Texas School Shooting
Ten people were killed and 10 others wounded Friday in a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas —Continue Reading
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