Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the implementation of a ceasefire, the US State Department has announced in a statement.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts today (04), the Department of Meteorology stated.

The US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Iran.

Three Sri Lankan nationals were among the 63 persons injured in an Iranian attack at Kuwait’s international airport earlier today (03), the Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait confirmed.

Kuwait on Wednesday summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires, expelled two Iranian diplomats and reduced the size of Iran’s diplomatic mission in the country, reiterating its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country.” MORE..

The four-member committee of Judicial Medical Consultants unanimously ruled that the death of Ranga Rajapaksa, who served as an Assistant Director of the Finance Ministry’s External Resources Department, was caused due to self-inflicted cuts... MORE..

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would ​probably meet with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point ‌if things “work out”. MORE..

The Department of Meteorology says that Sri Lanka could experience reduced rainfall and possible drought conditions special during the July-August period, as the warming El Nino climate phenomenon is likely to develop. MORE..

Ukraine has carried out a strike on the outskirts Russia’s St Petersburg, hours before the opening of a major economic forum designed to attract foreign investment into the country. MORE..

An individual has allegedly snatched a bag containing approximately Rs. 30.5 million in cash and fled while the cash was being prepared for loading into an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at a state bank branch in Horana, according to Sri Lanka Police.