The US military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (8:30 PM)
Defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel was �prepared to resume the war against Iran�, adding that his country was awaiting a green light from the United States to return Iran to �the Stone Age�. MORE..
24 Apr 2026 (12:07 AM)
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has announced the estimated retail price ranges for several essential food items for the week of April 20 to April 26, 2026. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (4:36 PM)
Health authorities have warned that measles, a disease previously eliminated in Sri Lanka, has re-emerged in the country. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (4:15 PM)
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has ordered the U.S. Navy �to shoot and kill any boat� that is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (9:12 PM)
China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is far more ambitious than the ports, railways and highways that it is often reduced to in Western commentary, said Hussein Askary, a prominent Iraqi-Swedish scholar of international relations and geo-economics. MORE..
23 Apr 2026 (5:53 PM)