The US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush arrived at Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about 4,800 personnel aboard, beginning a five-day rest-and-recreation visit after six months supporting US operations
The Pathfinder Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka have launched a lecture series marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, opening with a discussion on
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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks shifted American fears towards threats originating overseas, public concern has increasingly turned inward, with Americans now considerably more worried about attacks by domestic extremists than
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The US military says it has destroyed or disabled three Iranian oil tankers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following what it described as missile attacks on two US Navy
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin for renewed talks on the war in Ukraine, with a three-day ceasefire announced
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The Pentagon has begun polygraph testing among senior military officials as it investigates how classified information about US ammunition stocks was leaked to journalists, according to US media reports. Around 50 members
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The US government has approved a planned $5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, a major weapons deal that Washington says will strengthen the kingdom’s ability to respond to current and future
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The US trial of Lindsay Clancy, who admitted killing her three children, has ended without a verdict after jurors failed to agree on whether the 36-year-old was criminally responsible for the deaths.
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U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Laura DiBella and FMC Commissioner Robert J. Harvey will visit Sri Lanka from September 6–10, in a move aimed at advancing U.S.-Sri Lanka cooperation on maritime
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Ohio State University has agreed to pay a US$2.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose employees’ ties to China when applying for federal grant funding, the US Department
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The United States and Sri Lanka have begun Atlas Angel II, a five-day exercise designed to strengthen their ability to respond jointly to disasters and humanitarian emergencies. Running from August 31 to
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US President Donald Trump has escalated his confrontation with Canada by ordering the renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America, turning a long-running trade dispute into a fresh diplomatic clash over one
More The military trial of alleged 11 September mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other defendants is scheduled to begin at Guantánamo in 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks that killed around
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The United States has temporarily paused visa applications from foreign nationals worldwide as its embassies and consulates prepare for new screening procedures designed to identify applicants who could potentially place a burden
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India has legitimate security concerns arising from cross-border militancy. Its history of terrorist attacks and regional confrontation gives New Delhi ample reason to investigate suspected cross-border militant networks. But legitimate security concerns
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo U.S. Ambassador Eric Meyer has formally begun his tenure in Sri Lanka, pledging to strengthen ties with Colombo, expand economic opportunities and deepen security cooperation as Washington
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