Sri Lanka wins Best Food award at Rome Commonwealth fair for third year
Sri Lanka’s embassy in Rome won the Best Food award for the third year running at the Commonwealth Food Fair held alongside…
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Rubio says Iran has lost control of Strait of Hormuz
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Athens on Wednesday that oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz at near…
IMF reaches staff-level deal with Pakistan on $1.21 billion
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan that could unlock about $1.21 billion, pending board…
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube observatory
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honoured Prof Francis Halzen for leading the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.
Attacks on two Saudi airports kill three people, officials say
Saudi officials said attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports killed three people on Wednesday; Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed the strikes.
Tanker off Qatar reports being hit by multiple projectiles
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said a tanker 51 nautical miles off Qatar's north coast was struck, with an unspecified number…
Nepal to amend laws to register deaths of 5,285 missing in floods
Nepal is preparing to amend two laws so families of 5,285 people missing after the 26 August floods can register deaths and…
US Navy ship USS Tulsa arrives at Colombo port
The US Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa arrived at the Port of Colombo on 7 October for a scheduled visit, its…
Eight injured in school attack in Ostroleka, Poland
A 19-year-old student attacked students, teachers and passersby at a vocational school in Ostroleka, Poland, on 7 October, prosecutors and police said.
Pakistan says 18 militants killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
Pakistani security forces killed 18 militants in separate operations in North Waziristan and Mastung district, state media reported on Wednesday.