Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain s interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. MORE..
9 May 2026 (11:11 PM)
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he will comply with the summons issued by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and appear before the Commission on the scheduled date. MORE..
10 May 2026 (1:37 PM)
Due to the prevailing rainfall, nine major reservoirs and five medium-scale reservoirs operated by the Department of Irrigation are currently spilling, the department announced. MORE..
10 May 2026 (11:00 AM)
Britain said on Saturday it was deploying its warship HMS Dragon to the Middle East in preparation for a potential multinational effort to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once conditions allow. MORE..
10 May 2026 (8:25 AM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended its congratulations to C. Joseph Vijay following his swearing-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, highlighting the deep-rooted historical, cultural, and people-to-people ties between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. MORE..
10 May 2026 (12:22 PM)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years. MORE..
10 May 2026 (10:05 AM)