Pope Leo XIV has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible” while his home country, the United States, announces plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. Marking World Day Against the ...

The latest attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has injured several people, according to the country’s Civil Aviation Authority. Operations at the airport in Riyadh ...

Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone the day after it made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast of Florida, bringing with it heavy rains and powerful winds. Isaias – which ...

During the f8rst T20I  against Sri Lanka on Friday, Pakistan demonstrated that 2026 is not quite like 2019. Back then, they ...

Hundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) over electoral reforms. The group said its founder Abhijeet Dipke, who ...

Law, interdicted Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary-General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, recently participated in the UNAM–IPSA RC08 International Workshop, “Parliaments in the Global South: ...

The family of Sri Lankan national Sivarasa Anojan, migrant worker on death row in Saudi Arabia, has alleged that he was attacked with a sharp weapon in Dammam Prison. The family has contradicted Saudi ...

The government is taking all necessary measures to protect the Diyagama forest area located in Homagama within the Colombo District,  Deputy Minister of Environment, Anton Jayakody, stated on Friday  ...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new set of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), this time targeting the entity itself, as opposed to the tribunal’s ...

Iran has reminded Sri Lanka that as a member of the UN the government is obligated to fulfil its responsibilities. Iranian Ambassador Alireza Delkhosh in Colombo said that in terms of the Convention ...

Saturday 10th October, 2026 It will soon be showtime in Parliament. The Opposition has submitted a motion of no confidence against Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne to Secretary General of Parliament ...

Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vidmantas Verbickas, recently discussed their foreign and security policy in changing geopolitical environment at the University of Colombo. Lithuania is ...