A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday gave a seven-year jail term to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on #8288;charges including obstructing investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant since his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (2:41 PM)
An interim committee headed by former Member of Parliament Eran Wickramaratne has been appointed to run Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) following the resignation of SLC president Shammi Silva and his Executive Committee. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (7:06 PM)
Donald Trump discussed how to mitigate the impact of a possible months-long U.S. blockade of Iran s ports with U.S. oil companies, a White House official said on Wednesday, as the US president urged Tehran to get smart soon and sign a deal. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (10:23 PM)
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and a delegation will arrive in Sri Lanka on May 3 for a three-day official visit. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (4:10 PM)
At least 20 people have sustained injuries in an accident after a passenger transport bus veered off the road and plunged into a precipice this afternoon (29) in the Wataragala Estate area on the Hatton�Dikoya main road. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (5:33 PM)
Two Jewish people were stabbed in north London on Wednesday by a man who ran down a street trying to stab Jews, a local security group said, the latest in a spate of antisemitic attacks which Prime Minister Keir Starmer called �utterly appalling�. MORE..
29 Apr 2026 (9:17 PM)