A Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden killed five people and injured 16 others on Thursday, according to Yemen’s health minister.

The Department of Meteorology states that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Southern, Central, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western Provinces, as well as in the Northern Province and the Anuradhapura District.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not ‌guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents.

Seven of 12 crew members are missing after a drone attack left a chemical tanker ablaze off Romania's coast on Thursday morning, naval authorities say.

A tense situation has unfolded outside the Presidential Secretariat as the police proceeded to remove a canopy erected by protesting Buddhist monks, triggering a confrontation between the Maha Sangha and the police officers.

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the country's Houthis had attempted to attack dozens of Saudi airports, ports ​and oil facilities, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and Saudi Arabia ‌intensified.

The Department of Irrigation has issued a warning of possible minor flooding in the low-lying areas of the Nilwala River basin within the next 24 hours.

A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past ‌24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.

An official at the Presidential Secretariat informed the Maha Sangha participating in the “Nidhase Paada Yaathraa” that a decision regarding their demand would be made within one month.

Presidential Secretary Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake has arrived to hold discussions with Buddhist monks who marched to the vicinity of the Presidential Secretariat, demanding the release of the imprisoned Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero.

The “Nidahase Pada Yathra” (Freedom March)—initiated under the leadership of the Maha Sangha to demand the release of the incarcerated Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero—has now reached the vicinity of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at most parts of the island tonight, with heavy rainfall of above 100 mm likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Matara, Galle and Puttalam districts.

The representatives of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Vijitha Herath have discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of energy today on the sidelines of the 7th CICA Summit in Baku.

The US military has developed strike plans ​that could include using ‌the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, also known ​as the "mother of ​all bombs", against Iranian energy ⁠infrastructure and nuclear sites ​if President Donald Trump ​orders...

Discussions on further strengthening bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and China and expanding cooperation in support of Sri Lanka’s economic development have been held at the Ministry of Finance.

At least 27 students, most younger than 13, ​were killed in Pakistan on Thursday, along with ‌a teacher, when a school roof collapsed during classes in the northwestern city of Peshawar, authorities said, warning that the death toll ​could rise.

The Colombo High Court has postponed the further hearing of evidence in the money laundering case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, until October 30, 2026.

Tens of thousands of students stormed the streets of Tirana on Wednesday, setting alight a government building and two ​banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs and ‌corruption.