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Donald Trump rates Iran war '15 out of 10'

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Mar 4) rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic Republic's leaders were rapid... Read More


Explosion reported near tanker off Kuwait, crew safe, UKMTO says

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says it received a report of an incident 30 nautical miles southeast of Kuwait's Mubarak Al Kabeer. The master of a tanker at anchor... Read More


Oil price up nearly 2% in early Asian trade

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Oil prices rose nearly 2 per cent in early Asian trade on Thursday (Mar 5), off the back of persistent worries about supplies because of the Middle East conflict. At around 11.1... Read More


Qatar evacuating residents "in vicinity" of US Embassy

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Authorities in Qatar are evacuating residents living "in the vicinity" of the US Embassy as a "temporary precautionary measure," the interior ministry said. The ministry didn't ... Read More


US will have "complete and total dominance" over Iranian airspace soon, White House says

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the United States will have "complete and total dominance" over Iranian airspace in the next few hours. "We expe... Read More


Property worth Rs. 30 million linked to major organised criminal frozen - Police

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of Sri Lanka Police has taken steps to freeze a property valued at approximately Rs. 30 million that is allegedly linked to proceeds gen... Read More


Group of 200 Indian tourists home-bound after evacuating UAE

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- A group of 200 Indian tourists has managed to evacuate the United Arab Emirates after a trip to visit the country's Hindu temples left them stranded as the war broke out. Yogi O... Read More


FM Vijitha Herath says Israel's FM assured safety of Sri Lankans in Israel

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath says he held a phone call with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar today (05) regarding the well-being of over 29,000 Sri Lankan na... Read More


Majority of US Senate blocks effort to force Trump to end strikes

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- US Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday (Mar 4), voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and ... Read More


FM discusses Middle East conflict with regional Ministers

Sri Lanka, March 5 -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Hearth has held discussions with several foreign ministers of gulf countries pertaining to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Mini... Read More