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Japan s remote Izu islands south of Tokyo were hit by a small tsunami on Tuesday with no immediate reports of damage, after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake occurred near an unpopulated island farther south in the Pacific Ocean. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (12:02 PM)
Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha has been appointed as the new Secretary of Defence. MORE..
23 Sep 2024 (4:14 PM)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation s new leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. MORE..
23 Sep 2024 (4:34 PM)
Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (9:09 AM)
Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets on Monday, killing at least 100 people by Lebanese tallies, and warned citizens to evacuate areas where it said the armed group was storing weapons. MORE..
23 Sep 2024 (7:20 PM)
The International Monetary Fund welcomed on Monday last week s announcement of an agreement in principle between Sri Lanka and a group of its international bondholders to restructure $12.5 billion in bonds, the fund said, adding it looks forward to working with newly elected president Anura Kumara Dissanayake. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (9:32 AM)