Votes are being counted in Sri Lanka after snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after a new president was sworn in.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing (...)
Sri Lanka's 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president.
More than 8,800 candidates are in the fray in an election marked by a low-key (...)
Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal.
Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have spent more than three years in a makeshift camp on the island, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Professional Accreditation Program, launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, has so far verified the skills and accredited more than 209,500 workers in various professions covering over 1,000 occupations (...)
China's President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to strengthen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative with Sri Lanka, following the inauguration of newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
In a message to Dissanayake after his (...)
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election after a historic second round of counting.
No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his (...)
For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, the presidential election has entered a second round of counting after no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote.
This unprecedented situation arises as the election commission begins to tally voters' (...)
Polling in Sri Lanka's presidential election concluded on Saturday, with voters participating from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. local time at 13,421 stations across the island nation. The final results are expected to be announced on Sunday.
Over 17 (...)
Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing in an opulent hallway as the iconic papare bands played festive tunes with trumpets and drums.
These scenes beamed across (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers called on the international community to activate serious mechanisms to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing violations of international laws, norms and resolutions. The weekly session of the (...)
Mike Lynch, a prominent British tech entrepreneur and billionaire, was among the six people confirmed dead after a yacht he owned capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday.
His 18-year-old daughter remains missing as search efforts continue, (...)
RIYADH — The Sri Lankan government decided to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 35 countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. A visa with a validity of 30 days will be issued for tourists from these countries, and the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Dozens of Indians have reportedly been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces inside Ukraine
India says two of its nationals who had been recruited by the Russian army have been killed in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Indian foreign (...)
RIYADH — The Arab –Islamic Ministerial Committee called on the international community to impose effective sanctions on Israel, including halting arms export in response to its violation of international law, international humanitarian law, and its (...)
Seven people have been killed and 21 injured after a race car plowed into spectators at a motor event in Sri Lanka.
The crash occurred at the Fox Hill Supercross race on Sunday in Diyatalawa, an army base town.
Among the dead were four race (...)
A small, uninhabited island that is part of Sri Lanka has sparked a political row in India weeks before general elections kick off.
Katchatheevu — a strip of land spanning just about 1.9 sq km (0.7 sq miles) — is located in the Palk Strait, a (...)
The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was under water where the Baltimore bridge collapsed.
Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below.
Two of the (...)
By the time the crew of the Dali, a massive 948ft (289m) container ship, realized what was happening, it was already far too late.
The vessel — at the very start of a 27-day journey from the port of Baltimore to Sri Lanka — completely lost power (...)
Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.
Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat (...)
India's government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticized for being anti-Muslim.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan (...)
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Historic District Program announced the discovery of two poles made of ebony wood in the historic site of Othman bin Affan Mosque that date back to over 1200 years during the first and second centuries AH (7th and 8th centuries (...)
An organizer of a "white party" in Sri Lanka has apologized after the event sparked a backlash online.
The event's advertisement specified a white dress code, but also had a line saying "Face control: White" — which was largely interpreted to mean (...)
At least a dozen Indians have been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine with reports saying one of them was killed in a missile strike.
Hemal Ashwinbhai from Gujarat state died in a missile attack last (...)
At least three people died in Odesa last night after a Russian drone attack caused a fire in a shopping district.
Posting on Telegram, regional governor Oleh Kiper said that Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed nine of the ten drones launched (...)
