British Airways said on Thursday it will cut flights to the Middle East when services resume, permanently drop Jeddah as a destination, while adding capacity to India and Africa, as heightened regional tensions disrupt schedules and weigh on demand. MORE..
9 Apr 2026 (8:40 PM)
Pakistan s capital has been placed under tight security lockdown as it prepares to host the first round of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran, scheduled to begin on April 10, reported Pakistan s state media on Thursday. MORE..
9 Apr 2026 (9:33 PM)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv would abide by the measure. MORE..
10 Apr 2026 (10:23 AM)
The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts after 2.00 p.m. MORE..
10 Apr 2026 (8:57 AM)
US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israel s strikes in Lebanon during a phone call, as Washington looks to keep its negotiations with Iran on track, according to NBC. MORE..
9 Apr 2026 (11:11 PM)
Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz,� Trump wrote on his social media site Thursday evening. �That is not the agreement we have!� MORE..
10 Apr 2026 (6:08 AM)