At least five people have been injured after a stabbing incident at New York City's Penn Station on Sunday evening, CBS News reported. The suspect was shortly taken into custody. MORE..

The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) has launched a three-day special dengue prevention and control programme aimed at curbing the spread of the disease. MORE..

Four persons, including a woman, in possession of 600,000 counterfeit US Dollar currency notes have been arrested by officers of the Central Crimes Investigation Bureau (CCIB) from a star-class hotel in Colombo, police stated.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect his administration's peace talks with Tehran, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots.” MORE..

Iran has suspended all incoming flights to Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport "until further notice" after it launched a wave of missile strikes on Israel, according to local media reports. MORE..

Israel says it has struck military targets in western and central Iran.

Global oil prices were up more than $2 a barrel on Monday after Israel on Sunday launched renewed strikes on Lebanon despite a truce between the two countries, eroding hopes for an end to the wider war and ​a restart to crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz. MORE..

Iran's foreign ministry says its armed forces hit several "military targets" north of the "occupied Palestinian terroritories". MORE..

U.S. President Donald Trump said on ​Sunday he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike back after Iran fired a salvo of missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation for an attack on the outskirts ‌of Beirut, news outlet Axios reported. MORE..

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (08), the Department of Meteorology said. MORE..