Moments after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, US President Donald Trump says he will be inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the White House �for the first meaningful talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983.� MORE..
16 Apr 2026 (11:20 PM)
The Sri Lanka Navy has taken into custody a local multi-day fishing vessel carrying several sacks suspected to contain narcotics during a special operation conducted in deep-sea waters south of Sri Lanka. MORE..
16 Apr 2026 (6:53 PM)
Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was �being ravaged by a handful of tyrants� in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon. MORE..
17 Apr 2026 (12:00 AM)
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts after 1.00 pm, the Department of Meteorology stated. MORE..
17 Apr 2026 (7:36 AM)
An Israeli strike has severed the last bridge linking southern #8288;Lebanon to the rest of the country, a senior Lebanese security official told #8288;Reuters, adding that the strike �shattered� the #8288;bridge and left no #8288;possibility of repairing #8288;it.
16 Apr 2026 (7:42 PM)
Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven nations on Thursday said it was urgent to limit the cost to the global economy of an enduring Middle East war and �reaffirmed the pressing need #8288;to move toward a lasting peace.� MORE..
17 Apr 2026 (7:43 AM)