Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
Iranian authorities have verified that at least 5,000 people were killed during recent protests across the country, including around 500 members of the security forces, according to an Iranian official familiar with
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Sri Lanka has been thrown into a heated political and religious debate after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake claimed that visits to Buddhist religious shrines beyond the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi were
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A search operation carried out by the Prison Intelligence Unit at Sri Lanka’s notorious Welikada Prison has revealed a major security breach, uncovering 16 mobile phones inside the ward where two high-profile
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A leaked charter for President Donald Trump’s proposed international peace body suggests the United States would effectively hand him sweeping authority over membership, finances, and decision-making, a move critics say could undermine
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Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro expressed cautious optimism that long-stalled negotiations between China and Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could finally be concluded
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A prolonged construction halt on the Central Expressway has led to a massive compensation claim, highlighting how administrative delays can trigger costly consequences for a major national infrastructure project. Sri Lanka is
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Argentina’s president has taken a decisive step to label Iran’s elite Quds Force as a terrorist organization, citing both historic bombings on Argentine soil and recent allegations of mass killings of protesters
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Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) received a total of 107,663 complaints of child abuse between 2014 and April 30, 2025, but 43% of these allegations were not investigated, according to
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Sri Lanka’s state-owned power utility, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), has been flagged for serious financial irregularities after the Auditor General’s annual report revealed the board paid Rs. 1,060.02 million (Sri Lankan
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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered the Cabinet of Ministers and the Disaster Management Committee to appear before it on July 15 to answer allegations that the government failed to take necessary
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has issued a landmark decree affirming the rights of Kurdish Syrians, formally recognizing their language, restoring citizenship to thousands previously rendered stateless, and declaring Kurdish identity an integral
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The White House on Friday announced the members of a so-called “Board of Peace” that will supervise the temporary governance of Gaza under President Donald Trump’s plan, as the Palestinian enclave continues
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Chinese authorities declared a milestone in January when they announced that Beijing had “essentially eliminated” heavy air pollution, a dramatic turnaround for a capital once infamous for choking smog and soot-darkened streets.
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India’s long-awaited plan to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force is shaping up as a landmark defence manufacturing initiative, with discussions indicating that nearly 80 per cent of
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas this week for a rare in-person meeting with Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, marking the highest-level U.S. contact with Venezuelan authorities since American forces captured
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