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A total of 94,037 dengue cases have been reported across Sri Lanka so far this year, according to health authorities. The highest number of cases was recorded in July, with 29,962 cases. Meanwhile, 21,533 cases were reported in June,…

The mother of former Head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, urging him not to extend her son’s detention. In a letter sent to the…

The body of the doctor attached to the Badulla Hospital who was reported missing has been found on a rock near the Mapakadawewa area in Mahiyanganaya. An anesthesiologist attached to the Badulla Teaching Hospital was reported…

The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday approved a provision in a draft law allowing Tehran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The official IRNA news agency said the committee…

Andy Burnham will mark his first foreign visit as prime minister with a trip to Kyiv on Monday to reiterate the UK's support for Ukraine and honour the country's independence day. The prime minister will chair his first meeting of the…

A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people, ​the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted the ‌collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks. The incident occurred…

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) says seven districts across the country have been affected by dry weather conditions caused by the El Niño phenomenon. According to the DMC, 23 Divisional Secretariat divisions across these seven…

The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called "the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled" as it prepared to ​roll out economic sanctions on Monday that target Iran's trade partners.Iran in turn vowed to shut down all oil exports from…

The Public Health Inspector’s Union (PHI) of Sri Lanka will be launching an island-wide trade union action from 8.00 a.m. today (24). The trade union action is being planned to express its opposition to the transfer of a Public Health…

Regional governments in a swath of southern Taiwan closed offices and schools ​on Monday due to torrential rain, with ‌a typhoon expected to impact the north of the island at the end of ​the week. A low pressure system has ​hovered over…