Brent crude jumped 10% to about $80 a barrel over the counter on Sunday, #8204;oil traders said, while analysts predicted that prices could climb as high #8204;as $100 after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into a new war. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (11:02 PM)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served as Iranian president from 2005 until 2013, was killed in an Israeli-US airstrike, the Iranian Labor News Agency reported on Sunday. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (11:12 PM)
Political analyst Professor Tudor Weerasinghe today (01) outlined the potential impact of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East on Sri Lanka. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (6:59 PM)
The US military has said three service members have been killed in action. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (10:13 PM)
One person has been killed and 11 injured at airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as Iran launched attacks across the Middle East in response to a massive and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (6:22 PM)
Lanka IOC has announced that adequate stocks of petrol and diesel are currently available at all supply locations across the island. MORE..
1 Mar 2026 (11:52 PM)