United States

The United States has committed to providing essential support to strengthen Sri Lanka’s economy. In a meeting held today (Oct 8) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Julie J. Chung, the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, announced that…

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime minister. Ishiba was chosen as the party’s leader on Friday to replace Fumio Kishida, who then…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with U.S. Ambassador Julie J. Chung at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, today (01). Ambassador Chung extended her warm congratulations to President Dissanayake on his recent inauguration…

The United States’ Department of State has updated its travel advisory for Sri Lanka urging citizens to exercise caution in view of the upcoming presidential election. The advisory highlights that since Sri Lanka is set to hold…

A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the first mass campus shooting since the start of the school year.…

The United States has once again assured their fullest support to Sri Lanka in the debt restructuring process, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said. Posting on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Semasinghe said that he had a productive…

The United States is set to announce sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights abuses in the West Bank, according to a report. The West Bank is one of two territories where…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea, state media reported Thursday, after his defense ministry vowed to respond to ongoing military drills it views as an…

The police officer who struck and killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula while responding to an overdose call in United States' Seattle will not face any criminal charges due to lack of "sufficient" evidence, authorities said. The King…

The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary…