The death toll from ​a school shooting in ‌Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, ​after police said ​a 12-year-old girl caught ⁠up in Friday's ​incident had died.

Iran said on Saturday that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close but would not be enough to free up ​the waterway, and the United Arab Emirates said Iran had hit another ship there.

Police officers have arrested two suspects who were allegedly trying to deliver drugs and other contraband to inmates at the Magazine Prison in Borella by throwing them over the prison wall.

At least eight people were killed and 10 others injured Saturday after a private bus skidded off the road and fell onto a lower road in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, police said.

India and Sri Lanka on Friday reviewed bilateral cooperation in the power sector at a meeting in New Delhi.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) stated that the country’s total official foreign reserves stood at USD 6,591 million at the end of July.

According to the Department of Meteorology, showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Sabaragamuwa and Western provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle, and Matara districts tomorrow.

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche has been confirmed as US attorney general - the nation's top law enforcement official.

The number of dengue-related deaths reported in Sri Lanka has risen to 64 so far this year, according to the latest data released by the National Dengue Control Unit.

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) has uncovered information about a large-scale organised extortion racket being carried out through social media and messaging platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.