Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened �as soon as possible� in talks with his Iranian counterpart. MORE..
6 May 2026 (6:00 PM)
Oil prices dived on Wednesday, with international benchmark Brent sliding under $100 a barrel, on fresh hopes for an end to the Middle East war. MORE..
6 May 2026 (6:09 PM)
The United States and Iran are closing in on a one-page memo to end their war, a Pakistani source involved in the peace efforts told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming an Axios report citing two US officials. MORE..
6 May 2026 (6:23 PM)
Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the UN health agency said, as the vessel at the centre of a deadly outbreak remained off Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board waiting to head to Spain s Canary Islands. MORE..
6 May 2026 (9:04 PM)
A motion requesting a debate condemning the encroachments made by the Executive on the Judiciary, was submitted to the Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (06) by a group of opposition parliamentarians. MORE..
6 May 2026 (4:26 PM)
Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday (May 6) for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a commander of the militant group s elite Radwan force in the city s southern suburbs. MORE..
7 May 2026 (3:08 AM)