Iran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, which pose one of the stiffest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (10:12 PM)
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12 Jan 2026 (10:05 PM)
The Registrar of the Welimada District Court, who was arrested and remanded in connection with an alleged bribery incident, has been further remanded. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (6:59 PM)
Sri Lanka has requested the assistance of the government of China to reconstruct roads, railways and bridges that were affected by Cyclone Ditwah. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (5:18 PM)
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12 Jan 2026 (11:20 PM)
Four persons have died in a road accident along the Paranthan-Mullaitivu road in Murasumoddai, Kilinochchi, this evening (12), police stated. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (8:02 PM)