Indictments were served before the Colombo High Court against three defendants, including former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, over alleged corruption-related offences.

Four individuals have been arrested in the Petiyagoda area of Peliyagoda after authorities seized a stock of 4,250 tonnes of sugar deemed unfit for human consumption.

Sixteen people ‌remain buried in a mountainous county ​in China’s western ​province of Gansu after ⁠a landslide ​on Tuesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. MORE..

A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments.

A total of 1,424 people have lost their lives in road accidents reported so far this year, according to Police.

Howling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as super typhoon Bavi made landfall on Monday.

The national programme to conserve 1,000 archaeological sites across Sri Lanka, alongside the commencement of Archaeology Week, commences today (07).

A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (07), the Department of Meteorology said.

The leader of the Sarvajana Balaya, Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera has alleged that the incumbent government's lack of foresight contributed to the unrest within the Negombo Prison.