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Lebanon "ready to resume negotiations" with Israel, says prime minister

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Lebanon's government is "ready to resume negotiations" with Israel, the country's prime minister told local media Monday, as Israeli attacks on the country persisted overnight. ... Read More


58-year-old woman involved in drug trafficking arrested in Hatton

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- A woman who had been involved in drug trafficking in Hatton for several years has been arrested by the Special Investigation Unit of the Hatton Police Division. She was remanded... Read More


US gas prices up 50 cents since the war with Iran started

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- US gas prices edged up about 3 cents in the latest reading from AAA. That was the smallest increase in the past week, lifting the price for a gallon of regular to $3.48. Prices ... Read More


President receives blessings from Ven. Ittapana Dhammalankara Thero

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- The Most Venerable Ittapana Dhammalankara Mahanayake Thera, the Mahanayake of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha and the Chancellor of the University of Sri J... Read More


USS Abraham Lincoln spotted in Arabian sea

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was seen on weekend off the coast of Oman, sailing northwest in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz. Images of the vessel were release... Read More


Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran's new Supreme Leader

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khameneias Supreme Leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a week into its conflict wi... Read More


Iran names Khamenei's hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a week into its conflict w... Read More


Ex-MP Sajin Vass Gunawardena remanded

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Former Member of Parliament Sajin Vass Gunawardena, who was arrested by officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) earlier today (09... Read More


Russian President Putin congratulates Iran's new supreme leader

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has written to Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to congratulate him, according to the Kremlin. "At a time when Iran is confronting arm... Read More


One killed, two injured after Iranian missile hits central Israel

Sri Lanka, March 9 -- An individual has been killed and two others sustained injuries in an Iranian missile attack in central Israel, Israeli medics said Monday. The national ambulance service MDA sa... Read More