Fifteen of the 24 defendants tried over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings were found guilty on Tuesday, while the remaining nine were acquitted and ordered to be released, according to a
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a petition by the Sri Lankan Navy seeking to block disclosure of expenses related to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape from the country in July 2022.
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Singapore, the world’s largest ship-fueling hub, is confronting an escalating supply crunch as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East disrupt critical oil flows, threatening to ripple across global trade routes and regional
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Speaking in Parliament this morning, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Sri Lanka had rejected requests from both Iran and the United States to use the country’s ports
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According to internal communications reviewed by Reuters, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) asked the IT ministry in January to explore having the new version of the Aadhaar app automatically loaded
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Anduril Industries is set to build high-speed FURY combat drones at a massive new Ohio facility, promising 4,000 jobs over the next decade and signaling a shift in how the Pentagon approaches
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Known as Ju Ae and estimated to be around 13 years old, she has made increasingly frequent public appearances alongside her father in recent months. In the latest images published by KCNA
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For much of the past decade, developing countries have seen their borrowing costs rise steadily, leaving less money for essential public services and investments. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade
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by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka is now drifting into a deeply compromising role within the global cybercrime ecosystem, not as a passive victim but as an enabling ground for organised online fraud
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Editorial Sri Lanka now presents a deeply unsettling spectacle, not as a nation merely grappling with fiscal fragility or administrative disorder, but as an island where corrosive indulgence is being repackaged as
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Serbia’s arms exports to Israel surged by 140 percent in 2025, reaching a record 114 million euros ($131.1 million), according to official data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
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The conflict ignited by US-Israel strikes on Iran has already devastated 67,414 civilian sites, with hostilities spreading across the Middle East and disproportionately affecting ordinary people, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk
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Under the updated reproductive health directives, Russian doctors are instructed to ask women how many children they plan to have. Those who indicate they do not intend to give birth are now
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Faced with a record 13 million graduates entering an uncertain job market, Chinese schools are offering vocational degrees in grilling, crayfish, and noodles to prepare students for employment in the booming culinary
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The UK government has announced a drastic reduction in aid spending to some of the world’s poorest nations, cutting funding by 40% over the next year. Under plans unveiled by Foreign Secretary
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NASA is revising its Artemis moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing Co.’s Space Launch System (SLS) role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to carry astronauts to lunar orbit, according to people familiar with the
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