The authorities have evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended railway services in southern China as the approaching Typhoon Noul threatens torrential rain and gale-force winds, according to state media outlets.

The Government of Sri Lanka has issued a Gazette Extraordinary revising the guidelines governing the appointment of President’s Counsel (PC).

Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sent his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

Leaders and representatives of the six Tamil-speaking political parties that announced their decision earlier this month to work together met at the Parliament Complex and reaffirmed their commitment to engage collectively on issues of common concern affecting the Tamil-speaking communities.

The Iranian-backed Houthis have claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh launched strikes on targets linked to the group on Friday.

The body of a 17-year-old girl who had been reported missing has been found in a quarry in the Kajuwatta area of Mahawalathenna, police said.

At least 19 people have been injured and hospitalised following a collision involving a bus and a motorcycle in the Weerawila area on the Matara–Tissamaharama main road.

Eight people, including six children, were found dead in a Michigan home after a fire, some with gunshot wounds, law enforcement said Friday.

The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) has stated that the number of dengue-related deaths reported in Sri Lanka has risen to 61.

Five people were killed and three injured after ​a loess collapse buried ‌a house in a village in northern China's Shanxi province, state-owned ​Xinhua News Agency said ​on Saturday.

A Chinese national has been arrested by Sri Lanka Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today (25) for allegedly attempting to smuggle a consignment of foreign-manufactured cigarettes worth Rs. 630,000 into the country.

Two Sri Lankan nationals, who illegally reached Dhanushkodi by boat on Friday, were detained by the Indian Marine Police, according to Indian media reports.

The U.N. General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to extend the term of U.N. Human Rights chief ‌Volker Turk for four more years, despite opposition from Russia and Israel and a U.S. threat to reassess its funding and engagement.

A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker carrying 28 Indian crew members came under attack Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, but all of the Indian crew are safe, the Indian Embassy in Iran said.

The Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs has arrested a Spanish national in possession of a consignment of cocaine with an estimated street value of nearly Rs. 110 million.

The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters' Association (SLRSMA) says steps have been taken to resume train operations on the Talaimannar railway line, which had remained closed for several months, on the instructions of the Minister without restoring the railway signalling system.

A wildfire near Madrid is "beyond the capacity" of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze.

President Donald Trump said on ​Friday that the ‌United States and Iran were in talks to ​negotiate an end ​to their conflict, but ⁠repeated that Tehran ​was not yet ready ​for a deal.