A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, ​causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging ‌some buildings, authorities said.

Yemen's Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it ​planned to impose fees on commercial ships ‌transiting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying no such decision had been taken and that passage through the strategic ​waterway remained free.

According to the Department of Irrigation, there is a possibility of minor flooding in low-lying areas of the Kelani River valley within the next 48 hours.

Oil prices rose on Friday after Iran said it had stopped two vessels seeking to exit the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring concerns over global ​energy supplies following a drone attack on ships in a Mediterranean Egyptian port this week.

The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California.

Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most of the more than 50,000 people who had crossed the border by land and sea ​already heading back voluntarily.

US President Donald Trump has instructed the military to execute a fresh assault against Iran as early as this weekend, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Friday.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced the release of the Z-score cut-off marks for university admissions, based on the results of the 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an “Amber” advisory for heavy rains affecting the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.

Due to the active Southwest monsoon, the prevailing rainy and windy conditions over the southwestern parts of the island will continue today (August 01), according to the Department of Meteorology.

Sri Lanka's Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage re-wrote history books to win the men's javelin throw title at the Commonwealth Games this morning (01), becoming the country's first-ever Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist.

President Donald Trump said Friday ​that Israel was "very happy" with an ‌agreement reached by his so-called Board of Peace for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other ​armed Palestinian groups in Gaza.

Italy's Interior Ministry has ordered the closure of the country's sea and air borders with Spain, temporarily suspending the Schengen free movement regime between the two countries.

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, who were sentenced to death today (31) over the Easter Sunday terror attacks case, have been transported from the court to prison.

A 34-year-old individual has been injured in a shooting incident reported in the Mirissa Junction today (31), police said.