A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to death, authorities said at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening's shooting.

The wife of the restaurant owner who was fatally shot outside his establishment in the Nagoda area of Kalutara on October 9 has also succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment after being admitted to hospital in critical condition.

The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it ​still does not know what caused the pneumonia that ‌killed a Russian lab worker at an anti-plague research center in Siberia this month, and that no case of plague had been registered.

Navi Pillay, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has called US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) "unheard of" and "unacceptable".

The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and ​more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, as Iran-backed Houthis escalated the campaign they launched this summer against the kingdom.

A foot march organised under the leadership of the Maha Sangha in support of Most Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who is currently in prison, and in defence of the religious rights of Buddhist monks, is continuing for a second day today (11).

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president" as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism of the US diesel deal with Russia.

Showers or thundershowers will occur in most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m. today (11), the Department of Meteorology said.

The Department of Irrigation has stated that four spill gates of the Deduru Oya Reservoir have been opened by two feet each due to prevailing heavy rainfall.

Only Buddhist monks have the authority to remove the robes of a fellow monk, Most Venerable Ittapana Dhammalankara Mahanayake Thero, the Mahanayake of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha, has said.

More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to Riyadh's ‌international airport and travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility after a loud blast was heard there on Saturday, an eyewitness and people briefed ​on the matter said.

Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky has condemned Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel into the US.

The main suspect and gunman allegedly involved in the shooting at a restaurant in the Nagoda area of Kalutara last morning (09) has been arrested.

The first day of the foot march, which began in Kandy this morning (10) in protest against the removal of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero's monastic robes and calling for his release, concluded in Kadugannawa this evening.

The Department of Irrigation has stated that six major reservoirs and two medium-sized reservoirs are currently spilling.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an “Amber” advisory for rough seas in the sea areas extending from Mannar to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle.

A car has overturned on the Southern Expressway near the 29th kilometre post after colliding with the rear of a van.

A warm weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for residents of the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, North-Western provinces and Monaragala and Hambantota districts.