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Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran's economic ​lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington's pressure campaign.…

At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on a neighborhood overlooking Haiti's ‌capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.N. said on Monday, prompting anger over the lack of protection from repeated deadly…

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has ruled himself out of the running to replace Gianni Infantino, but says he expects a candidate to challenge the Fifa president's leadership in March. Infantino has faced calls to step down after he…

When nearly a billion citizens are eligible to vote, democracy stops being an abstract constitutional principle and becomes a vast exercise in organisation, participation and public trust. In India, the scale of that exercise is matched…

U.S. Ambassador-designate Eric Meyer has arrived in Colombo to assume duties as the 29th United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka. The US Embassy in Colombo said following his arrival Ambassador-designate Meyer has noted that he was honoured…

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…